The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-10
4 Terrible Prophecy.

Creek are greatly excited by the
 predictions made by one of theil
 members, Rowling Bear, an olc
 medicine man who enjoys great re
 pute among the members of the
 oldest Indians in the Territory and
 1t is confidently asserted that he has long passed the century mark For over fifty years he has been the head medicine man of the tribe and as no Indian can be a medicine man until he is fifty years old this would bear out the assertion that he is now over a hundred. He speaks of events which occurred fully hundred years ago and says he witnessed them. In appearance he is tall. with silver gray hair, He is very spare and his skin has the appearance of being stuck tightly to his bones, making him look like living skeleton.
 About two years ago he went in to retirement, as he has been accus- toned to do just before becoming prophetic. He claims that while in this retirment he is filled with a knowledge of the things in the past ard future and can see what will happen for several years to come. About two years ago he gave his last prediction and every incident which he foretold came to pass. He then said there would be great ex- citement among the Indians about "big medicine man" who would come from the north, but that he would do no good to the Indians. This was followed by the Messiah and ghost dance craze. He said that great floods would come and do much damage and this was fol lowed by great waterspout which almost anihilated the herds along Cache Creek. Many other predic- tions of purely local nature have been fulfilled and the Indians say that they have never known his prophecies to fail.
 The present excitement is owing to the dire disaster, he now predicts are going to overwhelm the entire country. Rowling Bear claims to have been present when the great earthquake changed the appearance of Southwest Missouri and he says that a worse shaking up is in store for all who live here. He came from his retirement in wildly ex- cited state and says that he has not long to live.
 The prediction as given rings ter TOT to the hearts of the Indians, for they have implicit faith inhis prog noStications, He says first there will be slight shakings inall parts of the country. In some sections the mountains will fall down and others rise up their places, Rivers | will be dried up and lakes and l streams come where water has never been known before. Much sickness will come over the land and then big storms, the like of which have never been known. The slight | earthquakes will be followed by | severer ones and then will come a most dreadful disaster which will bring woe to the whole country. The shores of the sea will sink and white men will be drowned by the thousands. The Indians will not be so much troubled for they will be away from the place where the worst is to come. The land will open and whole cities will be swal- lowed up. Fire will break forth from the centre of the earth and rivers of fire will run where water now is. The people who live west of the big river (MIssissippi) and east of the big mountains { Rock ies) will have less trouble and dan ger than anyone else, but those who live in the far east and far west will have to fly for their lives. Where fhe hiu rivers emnties into tho oceaO