Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-02

of the clans that nothing could be |
done as the great serpents, the oo-
ca te-ni, had become extinct and |
there was no chance to obtain the |
terrible poison that had been so
successfully used against the first
invaders. So the wise men were
consulted again, who ordered, as
before, for the clans to hold coun-
Gil second war dance around the
round or half sphere temple. This
notice was then made known to all
the clans who gathered at the an
cient site of the sacred round or
half sphere temple. The clans
gathered in except one or two who
refused to come but wnen sent for
finally came in. Then the seven
days dance commenced aud com
pleted, at the beginning of which
seven days. dance the seven wise
men of the clans entered the tenn
pie which for ages had been neg
lected and somewhat improved
The wise men after entering found
that it could not be lighted with
light that emanated from the spirit
ual light or from the wise men.
Seeking the cause of the failure of
the temple to light up, the lowest
grade clan of the wise men, the
terrible Ssh-ho-ni clan, asked the
next higher wise man of the second
clan and he asked the third, and
he asked the fourth, and he asked
the fifth, and he asked the sixth,
and he finally, the wisest of the
wise, the KOola clan, answered
and said: Our temple, ancient
and sacred, has been neglected;the
orr iginal fire, the eternal and primi-
tive, has been allowed to become
extinct by destroying the wise
90 ca-te-ni or the tanian, the wise
OF the tribe. He can never be
found again until the other clans
be found and the tribe reunites
We can do nothing only to employ
substitute tn illuminate our tenn
pie and which shall be the outer
body of the eternal fire. When
the substitute for light. the fire,
was kindled, the wise men looked
upon their e-ca-ca-tis and could be-
hold nothing in them but images,
as brilliant light appeared in them
originally.
The wisest of the wise men.
when he made his exit out of the
round temple and began to per-
form his spiral evolutiOns in the
heavens could ascend no higher
than the re- ions of crude matter
and after descending and reenter-
ing the temple so reported to the
six other wise men. Then the
wise men reported to their own
clans, to the subordinate wise men
of the clans, that the race of deceit
and cunning had adopted a new
scheme to deceive the Cherokee or
red race.
This new scheme vas the writ
ing Of strange teaching that the
white invader claimed TO have
been spoken from heaven the truth
or untruth of which the red tribe
had to find out for themselves. We
are still under the influence Of this
great monster and deceiver of ma
ions. A tribute was placed upon
the red race in land and gold to
feed and keep alive this great de-
ceiver conceived in hell and born
on earth, and To remain under his
influence to the close of the sew
enth period of the Sah-ho nj clan
when the red race will move from
under his power.
When the race will, ,at that time.
according 10 the oracle of the stone
of truth containing the image. be
driven TO the sea shore, where they
will cross the waters and landing
in the old country from whence
they came will find the five lost
clans, become reunited into twelve
clans, into one people again, will
become a great nation known as
the Esh-e el-okee of the half sphere
temple of light.