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Show INDIAN DIES AND RETURNS TO LIFE. RED MAN TELLS OF SEEING HEAVEN AND HELL. HE NOW HAS A MISSION Cherokee Fullbloodi In Awe of Tribesman Tribes-man They Came Near Burying Knows Position of Races In Next World. Muskogeo, I. T. Claiming to havo arisen from tho dead, and his story credited by a large number of tho full-bloodod full-bloodod Indian population near his place of residence, not far from Tahlo-quah, Tahlo-quah, Tooley Catron, a Cherokeo Indian In-dian of 21 or 26 years, Is Just now the conter of more nttuntlon than Is usually usual-ly accorded ono who has never been He Wat Transported to the Unseen World. known beyond tho narrow confines of his neighborhood. Not many days ago young Catron was returning from Tahlcquah, a dls-tanco dls-tanco of about ten miles from his homo. Traveling on foot, ho camo to tho Illinois rlvor, and ho proceeded to wado across and had Just roachod tho opposlto shoro when, without an Instant's In-stant's premonition of Illness, ho suddenly sud-denly fell unconscious on tho gravol bar, Thoro ho romalnod for somo tlmo, whon ho was found by a passor-by, passor-by, who, supposing him to bo dead, PPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC oo.xoouoooooooooooooooo carried him to his hut in tho forest near Barren Fork creek. Thoro Catron was laid upon his bed and efforts wero mado to restore him to consciousness, but to no avail, and ho was given up for dead. All the next day ho lay stark and cold and It was decided to bury him on tho following day. Consequently, preparations for performing tho last unices were begun, but, after all, the Interment was not to bu, for before tho sun had arisen on the day set for the funeral obsequies Catron began tc show signs of returning animation, and by tho tlmo tho sunbeams wero dissipating the mists in tho Barren Fork valley tho supposedly dead man was very much nllo and ready to partake par-take of food and drink and In n few days, as strong as usual, was to bo seen about his usual hnunts. Hut while hu was well physically as over, the processes of Catron's mind wero diverted Into other channels. Whereas ho had previous to hlt unconscious un-conscious stato entered Into tho commonplace com-monplace conversations of his companions com-panions with readiness, ho now assumed as-sumed a more dignified carriage. All of this was In Itself surprising to his neighbors, already mystified by his return from what was supposed by them to be death, but their surprlso was evon greater when Catron Informed In-formed them that he had really been dead, had seen both heaven and hell nnd tho position to bo occupied In tho unseen world by tho red, white and black races. Ills future on earth, ho Indicated, would bo different from what It had been In thu past. In conversation with an old acquaintance Catron Informed In-formed him that he (Catron) wns llko tho I)rd in that he, too, had boon dead and had arisen. Claiming at first to be n man of business, Catron purchased pur-chased a suit-case and, going to Welling, Well-ing, boarded a train, snylng that ho Intended going to Washington for tho purpose of consulting tho president on public questions of Importance. How-ovor, How-ovor, ho did not mako an extended Journey, but was back homo In a fow days, making preparations for preaching, preach-ing, and addressed a largo crowd of fullbloods In thu mountain regions, far down tho Illinois river. Catron is n slender, dark man of ordinary or-dinary appearance and ono of tho last that would bo supposed to havo a "mission" to perform, but his having so strangely fallen Into what was apparently ap-parently tho stato of death and buy-Ing buy-Ing roturnod will, no doubt, cause him to bo regarded with n peculiar venora-tlon venora-tlon nnd awe by largo bands of his peoplo. 0000000000000000000000 Q(D |