Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-11
JAN GABRIEL
i ca His Horn and Call The
q ul4. to the Happy
Hunting Ground.
neA
a d.
Many Things Which ns IRE
J Came to Pass.
Deoes That the End of =,
World Is Near-Her
Own Death.

ed . fa prophecies are to be be.
r the world. . hanging
he Prophecies of the Spokane -; ,o
1 -lulahS has predicted that the worIJ
= come ne to an end December 80 Of THU il.
a. ~, ee reason that she gives for ar'
ms particular date is that If is tho
ne year, according to the Indian ian
OF computation. The Tndiana
chat her prediction will be fn MS
ina runners have been sent to
@'ouS 'rIoes and camps in order
ey may prepare for the comino
rophe. 0o'i'iiig
e erone, whose age is not
a@nto the Oldest man IN fine triho
shares the prejudices of her civil.
i''eis ana declines to state her ex-
d 81 SIMPLY saying that she can ra-
noer the grandfather of the oldest
poef Of the tribe, except herself now
= She has foretold with accuracy
l2efent battles in which her tribe
~ De engaged. In every instance
re she told them that they would
GLORIOUS they have won. When
y nave gone forth to fight without
Insulting her, or when she declined to
e'ellthe result, they have invariably
en- debated.
" men Chief Joseph was a young man
{ had already babe her people rejoice
they would see war which would
pc fhepalefaces from the face of the
9Th and the red man would recover all
at he had lost. Great rejoicing fol-
yea this prophecy, and when the
VII war occurred the prediction was
garded as verified.
More than quarter of a century 400
e said that some time a new Great
1lrlt would appear to the Indian twelve
oons before the world was DESTROYED
ID bid them make ready for the jour
~ to the happy hunting grounds.
zen would come a season of festivitv,
Owed by a season of wars, in which
great chiefs would be killed in order
they might go before to select the
icest habitations for their people.
he ghost dance and the appearance
he Red Christ early in this year con-
ced the Indians that their fayorite
estess had not erred, and they have
ted patiently for her to issue the
ming to make ready for the event.
.--..e---aee-Eer answers questions, and
y knew it was useless to ask her if
recent excitement were the signs for
nich she had been waiting. Last Sat-
ebay she called the TRUE together, and,
ter mysterious orgies during the night,
1ring which she suffered great agony,
he issued the edlct that her people
Just prepare themselves for the inevi-
lble: The world would come to an
i'd. She also told that she would'die
efore the summer came, and that they
ere listening to the last words she would
oeak. Since that time she has boon as
snt as the grave.
When a CALL man visited the camp
ne was lying in the tepee and her APP
earance indicated that her prediction
oncerning her death would come to
ass e zen sooner than she imagined.
lone of the Indians would talk concern
10 the matter. If one of their number
ad not come to town and found some
,hisky Spokane would still be IN igno-
ance of the calamity. Sam Jones Will
oubtless be telegraphed to come at
nee. but it Is thought that if he be-
.eves the news it will PROSTATE him SO
hat he will not be able to do anything
,ptil it is too late. The Indians are per-
ectly sincere in their belief, and are
oakino preparations accordingly.