The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-04

my people at this living on their own lands
The big fight with Long Hair passed away,
living at peace more; but the buffalo
passing away and feared and wondered.
Then the white with his soldiers, and
made corral here In the hot dry country,
therein said you go outside we will shoot you
Then we became poor. We had then buYalo at ALL
We were fed poor beef. and had to wear whito mems
clothes which We could not to hunt in tho
mountains. the land waterless and very hot In
summer. and we froze In winter. Then there
sck the white sent DOCTOR and he laughed at
and ordered me not to go near the sick ones This
my heart black and sorrowful. for the white man
strange white powders that very bitter In the
mouth and the people died thereafter.
But many times when he had gone. went in and
strong magic sick and he thought 1t
his white powders Nevertheless. and moro OF
my people came to believe in the white man. and 50
grew very poor and was forced get raons Ike tho
rest. It black time for me.
Zone night there came into midst Snake
senger with big tale. Away In the west he said to
in sign talk wonderful man has come he speaks
all languages is the friend Of all red He
is white but not like other white men, He has been
nailed to tree by the whites the holes in his
dance. and that is to gather all
the Indians together in council. He wants few head
of all tribes meet him where the big mountains
are the place the lake surrounded by pictured
rocks. There he will teach how to make mighty magic
and drive away the white and bring back tho
buffalo,
"A that he told us pondered long, and said:
IT Is WELL will go to this man. will learn his
dance.
All this unknown to the agent. and at last, when
The time came four OF us forth night
Journey On the third day two Snake chiefs and four
Burnthighs Joined then four Cut-hroat people. and
we all ourneycd in At last came to the lake
by the pictured rocks where the three mountains
arc.
There many Indians there. The Big Bellies
there from the north; and the Blacfeet. the
Magples and the Weavers, and the
who-run-round crooks and the Back-people of-the-
mountains all there We had council and talked
in signs all began to ask: Where is t,c Great
Helper?' day passed, and he did not Gomez ono
night when sat council over his teachings no sud-
denly stepped inside the circle He was dark man. but
not so dark were. He had long hair on his chin,
and long brown headha parted in the middle looked
for the his wrists; could not any. He
moved like bis chief tall and swift He could speak az
tongues, Flo spoke Dakota and many understood could
understand the language the Cutthroat people, and
this is what he said:
"'My people, before the white man you were
happy had many buffalo to eat and tall grass for
your ponies and go like the wind. When
1t Yves cold you could into the valleys OF the SOUTH
where the healing springs arei and when 1t grew warm
you could the mountains In tho north. Tho
white He dug tho bones OF our mother. the
earth her bosom with steel lie built big trails
and nut iron horses them He fought and beat
you. put you in barren places toad
would die. He said you must stay there; must not
hunt in the mountains
'rhen no brcathed his poison upon the buffalo, and
they disappeared. They vanished into,the earth. One
day they covered the hls the next nothing but their
bones remained. Would you remove the white man2
Would you have the buffalo come back? Listen, and
will tell you how to make great magic. will teach YOU
mystic dance and then let everybody 20 homo and