Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

prophet he had gone up into the clouds
and zoo the home Of the devil he had
found IL peopled with men who had
died drunkards. Flames OF fire issued
from their mouths The duty Of the
young to the aged and helpless he dwelt
upon as one Of the most sacred Of OBJ
legations and he proposed a community
OF property practically the same as that
now advocated by Communists. limo
vatiOns IN dress by the Indians he in
Weighed against and ne appealed to
their pride by declaring the Great Spirit
had told him they were his most be
loved people. So far the prophet was
not % bad teacher. but he was not con-
tent. He professed 70 have received
power from the Great Spirit TO cure any
disease. prevent death on the battlefield
and crush anyone who opposed him.
THE PROPHETS RISE.
There can be no doubt the prophet
really sought the good of his people He
got followers in large number. They
were the young men of the tribes. Tn
der his eNhorting they abstalned from
liquor and in many other ways prac-
tised their leaders precepts. But the
prophets teachings aroused the medi-
cine men. They saw a powerful rival
rising and they combated him at every
turn. The prophet retaliated by de-
nouncing some Of them as witches. and
this led 90 the most violent acts Of
fanaticism.
The reports Of the religious unrest
among the Indians worried the officials
mt Ninccnnes and at Washington
Thomas jefferson. writing 10 John
Adams, declared the prophet was more
rogue than fool Gov. Harrison ad-
dressed a letter TO the Indians begging
them not TO be misled. MY children"
he said. tread back the steps you have
taken. and cndeayur 20 regain the
straight mad which you have aban-
doned The dark. crooked and thorny
path you are now pursuing will lead 70
endless wo and misery Who Is this
pretended prophet who dares to speak
in the name of the great Creator? Ex-
anime him II he more wise and viz
tuous than you are yourselves. that
he should be selected to convey to YOU
the orders or God? II God has EN-
ployed him, he has doubtless authorized
him To perform miracles that he may
Do known and received az a prophet
If he is really a prophet. ask him to
cause the sun to stand still the moon
10 alter Its course, the rivers to cease
tp flow. or the dead 10 rise from their
graves"
unfortunate.
prophet took n up and announced that
on 1 certain day he would make dark
ness come over the earth. on the day
appointed & became lark az noon. This
was the day Of the eclipse OF the sun
I'm 1906. The prophet probably had heard
the date from some whites Thereafter
his following grew more rapidly. From
north. west and south came pilgrims to
ne prophet Within one year 1900 In
dians passed through Fort Wayne on
their way Co visit the prophet Many
of these were from 200 miles away
The English were known TO De assisting
in the excitement and there was fear
an along the border of a general Indian
uprising
AN INDIAN CONFEDERACY
Meanwhile Tecumseh Travelled far
aua ,... .t7-eIi- t4. tI.D.a o4 uuc
south and those beyond the Mississippi
and awakening as far as possible
through the religious movement of his
brother a spirit of union and harmony.
He added much 20 the prophets pow
en- by his own noble presence and in
hucnce. I'm the spring Of lSOS the
prophet moved his headquarters TO
land on the Tippecanoe i'm Indiana He
had visited \iuccnnes and had talked
$50 plausibly 60 the governor that M.
Harrison was deceived into believing
he meant mo- harm 90 the whites.
But Harrison soon was undeceived,
and in tuc summer Of 1910 he demand
ed that the prophet visit him again at
Nincenuoa. Instead. Tecumseh went (
there with 400 warriors. In the council /
that was held Harrison and Tecumseh I
each distrustcd the others good faith 4
az first The governor had intended /
Tie meeting should be on the pOrtico Z
of his house, but Tocumseh refused 10 1
go there. Tie suggested a nearby grove. 7
THE earth is my mother, and on her /
bosom viii / repose" he said
Tccumsch's speech was 10 the effect !
that the Great Spirit had given this /
great island CAmerica) TO his red }
children and had put the whites on the /
other side OF the water. The whites, .
not contented with their own. had /
taken that of the red men. They had 1
driven the Indians from the sea 20 the .
lakes, and the Indians could 20 no fur I
Their. The whites had taken upon
themselves 90 say this land belongs 60 /
the Miamis, this TO the Delawares and I
so on. The Great Spirit intended the \
land as the common property OF all
"Sluce the peace was made" he con-