The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-11
|IT DANCES
h Of the Indian
| Messiah.
[...,,, Which Led to a Curl
/ cuasn Of American
4 indians.

Nsb. May i7.-Ghos.
,bs sioux Indians is q
I. ws The Messiah craze
(, ontr buttlings with the
y. ystrs gone by has died
-. enc unanimous opinion
.twsn and former Indian
usrs among the delegates
gspnblIcan state Conven-
p, ibaio delegates was one
..l,ser "a runchman nor an
|. s,btcf and yet ne knows
q. III me history Of the
a. mlt lured TO death
\, braves NJ the Northwest
|. ns any OF the ranchmen.
I ,gsn T. W. Colby. Tor five
',l.sf General ~ the Neb-
.Tn but now a lawyer OF
gss colby who led the
!, 10 the frontier In the win
M when ghost dancing was
I, and hin connection with
|, IN prompted him 90 invest
s,nns for the Indian out
. no basis ~ the queer ilm-
rgys.Icd ln the tribes.
Al ar according To Gen
|. mihlnr mora nor less than
ss % The frenzy dances OF
ii ier,Ishes % Turkey and
prcIso undertaken for the
,aInr the physical being In
IuIlallon wherein the spirit
10 communion with the
I'M The Messiah. 10 II a cur
ifsiod by the better edu-
M that this idea Of an In
IN was an adoption of the
N NJ ne saviour. doubtless
ihe teachings of the early
! The expected advent OF
Messiah has been among the
q ne Indians % North
inost from the beginning
rnct with the whites. and
Ihiure N crops In 1889 and
y Indians without the sub
.ps which they depended
rusni falling to furnish all
Isss demanded their minds
ared % thoughts Of the
Nut
Ermer % 1899 the idea be-
spread and was followed
! BY he announcement that
j had actually come. Med
nom the Shoshones. the
plly Hrules. the Cheyen-
y Aapahoes journeyed into
II Nevada and there claim
} pen the Indian Christ.
} rlurned they told Co great
Niu what they had Seem
esd bowed In sorrow and
IN wrists feet and face. lie
n Ma coming to redeem the
! nom ain and suffering. OF
nat race had practised up
N ,fuclhxlon. suffering and
Inslrucied them In morality
laem certain religious dan
r. the ghost dance among
medicine man told them
I'd been punished by the
W evil deeds done by their
Nat their time OF travail
nied They said that he
D that an the dond Indians
M 10 NE that the great
iAloantelope. ellis and wild
70 b. reincarnated. that
white man would be I'M
he,uru gunpowder or bull
'ali penetrate the dress
mglme that he would
h with thirty feet OF adj
E''l sodded and timbered.
ne whites would be sun
Nat any white men who
y BE- turned into small
tyers % the land. All
m u The Indians was that
tnd organize.
me men described the
nan Of 10 years OF age.
gave them certain signs
work miracles and these
d and found effective.
ie'sed TO have seen and
~ son. Killed years be-
women began 90 make
l Dresses White mus
| H'ue and yellow stripes
q 'he back and front. ON
| lQde pictures. some OF
% buffalo. Eagle fen
| 'oin on the shoulders.
MI Nothing made of
| ffmittoi except guns.
WOOD lu The circle OF dan
..nan until a large cir
They danced round
| one by one. the dancers
AtAy They fell 10 the
'.led ut the mouth. then
Wien they returned 10
W'y told % wonderful
seen ana heard. The
while dancing was I'm
"'hant with soroe vari-
monotone. Emphasis
loolt every second beat
I'' The refrain was nj
which once heard. the
-'' never forgotten. At
would be- an incoherent.
~. ,,'yersatlon between the
,'e ghost dancer. sup
p.'ce after the latter.
Tom exhaustion and
had mounted upon
INTO the realms Of
iom the Pine Ridge
t'.o Indians gathered.
.'nring 20 the band
n.o medicine man. sit
'''''ved the Indian
NY come with the next
new rrnaa np,,,r.d