Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

room set aside by my host, while the
Indians rolled themselves up In their
blankets ana proceeded to sleep on the
floor out doors, In fact any old place.
IN CANT,
! had heard much Of their great
medicine man brave as they called
him, and after breakfast the next
morning we all started on horseback
and In wagons TO the camp of the
high priest Of the Usage nation,
1t was generally known that the Os-
age people as q nation were In a coli
leotlye sense the wealthest people In
the world | had travelled two thou
sand niles In order 10 study their his
tory, customs and religious rites, l
lSnews before my arrival that l would
be the FIRST white man In generation
VINO would have access to their conf
dence, and witness their religious cere-
MONIES They are more than exclusive
IA their religious mystIolsms
/ was now fully on my way TO tho
experience that was to be In the main
the object Of my visit | appreciated
the opportunity offered me, and made
the best use of my observations
On our arrival at the camp, ! found,
II pleasantly situated on the banks of
Harmony river II covered about ten
acres of land and was well covered with
the typical Oyal-sh0ped WlgWams OF
this tribe, As we alighted there np-
preached us the finest specimen Of The
American red man had ever bchold,
He came forward, and extending both
of his hands, bade we welcome J was
escorted to q tent carpeted with rich
blankets, aud told 10 make myself az
home. This | proceeded 70 do and
commenced To take q mental inventory
OF my surroundings There were at
least one hundred Indians on the
ground at the time Of our arrival, and
the sQuaws were busyng themselves
with the rough labor Of the camp.
THE GREAT BRAVE
We had been ip camp about half an
hour when Brave the great medi
cine man who had welcomed me- cams
to my tent accompanied by Chief Bis.
heart and Sassy Calf the Indian inter-
prefer This 'MeGIlne Man and high
priest Of the tribe they all called
Brave and If there ever was a type
Of prince Of the royal blood he stood
IN my presence now a man OF six
foot two In exact proportion, clear
penetrating gaze, calm and exalted
bearing that carried with his presence
a sense OF conscious power, He spoke
no word OF English, yet he came to
talk awhile.
The four Of US seated ourselves upon
The blanketed ground and looking into
space the Brave In soft and pleasant
voice commenced TO talk In his own
tongue. AS he proceeded | learned that
/ had met no common man. He dwelt
upon the dignity and possibilities Of
man, the purposes of an exalted relig-
ion. he way TO learn the deeper mys
teIies and secrets Of the universe, He
seemed to possess the combined Wis
dom of both the ancients ana the mod
erns, He swayed and charmed the
mind even through the poor channel Of
lnteppretat ton His discourse lasted an
hour or more, II contained more es~
sencc and nobility OF soul, than the
studied rhetoric Of scholastics reducing
to language the ideals of the mind. |
indicated that understood the
thoughts he intehded to convey. This
Hlfboth NM. EA'tAlNs llf h9NNN INV
where / learned to understand. | told
him In the silence OF The great Bo.
You'd, the realms on Universal thought
the domain Of the Soul
AZ this he smiled his face took on u
radiant hue, his eye already bright as
sumed new luster; he rose and TO the
slnkms sun he bowed in reyerentlal
awe. Then turning to us talked again
As interpreted to me his words were
these. MAN like sun, no die, he come
round again"
After eating the evening meal, con-
slating OF beef broied over the fire
In Indian style, beans, potatoes baked
IN aches, the four Of us took stroll
along the border OF the river. During
this walk he said and did many things
that recalled to my mind the fact that
few geniuses along moral and spiritual
lines ever spring from thickly pOpu-
lated oenters, They are usually the
product OF the desert or the wilder
ness,