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Show Porcupine an J my uncle, the latter from the Indian Territory. and the former form-er from SrUho. were among the numlier. Porcupine had been very bad Indian prior to tUi,liav,ng served a term in the guard house at the posit for stealing. At the appointed time and place, the place being Walker Lake. Nevada, Indians were assembled from virions nations, each tribe speaking his own dialect, and not being able to understand his neighbors neigh-bors As n i.' lit approached, they saw a personage coming from the eat,and the Indians were satisfied from his appearance appear-ance that he was indeed the Christ; and they saw him surrounded with a brigh liiht As he approached, the halo of light about his head shone brillian'lv and made him appear to the untutored eyes of the savage, preemintly grand. Durin; his stay at this time he said not a word, and after remaining with them a short time he left them, 110 one knew how or when. The next day he again appeared and spoke to litem all day long, and in such a language that each one ol the different trii.es of Indians understood Ins meaning peifectly. He instructed the Indians and gave them a set of commandments com-mandments and appointed Porcupine as one of his disciples to go lorth and preach his savings to all people, and instructed him not to add to or take I Iro n what he had lieirJ. It was this . that niv uncle wrote me.and then I went ' up north to see about it. Tho Indian Christ. Dr. John Kig of Manti is I ntervi'wed. After a visit to tho Famous Prophet Porcupine- Dr King wees hears and believes be-lieves the prophet. Hiving learned tint Dr. John King, the Indian Healer, t Manti, had iusl I returned from a visit to the latrwui In-1 In-1 d an prophet. Porcupine, a Register Krp liter called on h in to hear, if p assible as-sible so'iieihin; about th s m it er that has not yet been given to the public. There have" been neveral statements published in the Utah Press about an appearance ap-pearance to the In Jians, in Neva 1.1, ol a peison claiming to he Jesus Christ, the son of G id. The last was an account ac-count in the Silt Lake Herat I about 6th. ult. of an interview between the officers and others U Futt Custor with one Porcupine, which was as follows: The following h.tve appeared In the public journal in the lurm ot pie rii,alchi..: j KortCtiiter, M,ml., July , Kailythi morning a j small iuad 'if Cheyenne Indians appeared on the 1 hill bark of rorl Cu.ler and seruwoid they wanted J to come in. It wa P-itcupine. thearotleof the new Chrit. and a few follower aad be.ievei in the new MeMUah. "Well doctor, you met porcupine, now what do you think of him, and of these statements?" asked the repotter. j ' Why, I think they are all true. I believe Poicupine to be an inspired man of Ood;"and here the" doctor grew earnest. earn-est. "Why Porcupine was only an ignorant ignor-ant Indian, a very ignorant man, and b id in his ignorance; and now when he talks.he uses languages that is good and becomes very eloquent. He will stand as if meditating for several minutes, and then raising his eyes and extending his arms towaids Heaven will declare with great fervor the things he has seen and heard, and knows; and declaring to the people that they must repent. Why among those Indians who aie very bad people, he has cause 1 them to throw away their weapon and cease from their evil practices. It is not the Indians alone, but also many while people believe be-lieve him." "With what Indians was he, when you met him.doctof?" "lie was with about 500 Crow Indians, away up in the noilh-eastern part ut Idaho. He does a great ileal of healing bv faith and the laving on of hands, as also does lis fulloweis. He says it is one of the gifts and blessings that lesus bestowed upon him." Porcupine' arrest had been order .-d by General ftnsbln. but a rolule had been obtained tor bitn by Viator Carroll and he now came to explain his religion mo peraon.d condULt. All th. ohiLCrs in the field including MajnrT-irroll, had Kiven I'orcufnne letter of recommendation. At 6 b'i Io k Porcupine and hi follower went to the head platter building for a conference with the white chief, tlle. a Seminole, acting as interpreter. '1 he apoite awe and, stretching forth hi handn, prayed in silence tor neatly five minute. Suddenly I his face lit up and he seemed filled with the Holy ?-pirit. He began speaking in low, modulated tone, which grew louder and fatter as he pr c :eded, unl 1 they reached a tempest of Indian eloquence. lie claimed Christ was on the earth and in the flesh, at Walker ltke, Nevada, and that he had seen him and talked with him face to face, and that Christ had sent htm abroad to preach Hi gospel to ull that would hear. 1 he man he had een told him he had been nn earth before hundreds of years ago. when the people had treated him badly and killed him. lie showed scars on hi hands and feet where he Haid the people had driven splices, nailing him to the cross. He also had a bad wound in hi side, where he aid a spear had pierced his flesh. He said he lived in heaven with his Father and had a mother w ho was a Holy Spirit. 1 lih father had made the earth and everything that was up n it. t'orcupine is a splendid specimen of an Indian, over six feet tall, straight as an arrow, with a line face and head. He is about ts. year old, and hii lare black eye glow with the eumcstne.s of hi conviction. con-viction. He is modest an'1 graceful a an orator. He refuses to bring the new Christ where the soldiers can cap-lure cap-lure hun. This new religion is brooding trouble among the Cheyennes and gis-es the military much uneasinesx. KortCuster. Mont., Julys. The Indians on all re, ervations in this section are in a state of excitement LX citr Kit g seemed very earnest ab mt all he said, and gave the impression impres-sion of a man who was thoroughly convinced con-vinced that what he said was true. I vsrdenng on frenzy over the alleged coining of the Messiah. A few days aC JVrcupme. the apistle of he new Christ, gave to an army officer the story of lis meeting uith theMe.siah. I .ast evening he ar-ived ar-ived heie with a tew follower and related his tory ith additional details. He spoke to tho otticers and indie 4.1 the posl fur over an hour, and fully espl.iin-td espl.iin-td his religion, which closely resetnl.les the Christian Chris-tian reluiion of the whites, except that Porcupine claims P'isitivcty that Chri .t has come back to eai th, and was cen in the fle.h near Walker Lake, Nevada, Nev-ada, t'orcupine d,d not know anything about the first Christ, but he savs this Christ, told him he had been on the earth hundreds of years ago, when ht appeared lo the white people, who used him roughly, and even killed him. Porcupine says he saw mark on the hands of the Christ, w ho said he had been nailed to a tree by the hands, and that spike had been driven tbruugh his feel and hi side, had been cutopeu. "1 he Cliiist did not r.how the scat on hi feci a he did on hi hand, nor did he show th. ....... na in h; side. h. it nil knew what he told them was true. Porcupine aid he did not believe in the Chiisl hen he first heard of him, but no sooner did he see him than all douM v.tni hed from his mind, and he knew that r wa 1 ikiiiu at tiod. He had never een ucll a ii-an b fore and never would unless he saw this man a-am, which he mcnt to do. it vas csenirn: t in n Chi St came w.,lkint in'o the camp and they k -ew who he was without being told. He dcHSiibed Christ asa larce ninn with a nnhle carriage and face. Christ did not speak the first day. "nrcuuine saw him, but commenced tnlkiui; th.- next i. y ,.ion after sunrise, and did not cease i nlil the sun w.is rem I1 jewi hor'on. Hundred oll'dians, rrncmt "tives fr.m scores of tribes, heard hi, : and oil un-ei to d him. lie did ot pe' w in Cheyeline, but Por uMne imimuiod tin p;iEeclIy, as did the other Ciieyciitu ines-,..'. ines-,..'. lie then repeated mu-h of the 'h,:-t'j sertnon t, the Indians, ai.d its similarity 'o li ; firt Cnri-Vs trwehinys waat limes asloundi.-J- t hrist said what grew on earth Kew for all: and nil weie equally en-t.tkd en-t.tkd to the earth's products. He aaid he could not repeal in day all that ChrU t-.tid but these were some of the things he taught, and he believed in them, and the man he saw was the Son of (iod, and none other. Christ told the white people when they p'lt Him to death He would come a?an. not to them first, but to the Indian nrttions whoe red children, child-ren, being poor and simple minded, would hear and beiieve Him. He commanded them to go forth and preach His doctrine, but to add nothing to it. He sad He could hear all they said wherever they were "and," laid Porcupine, "Christ is hearing me now and i here in the room." The apostle wood with outstretched hand in silence si-lence tor several minute before he began speaking, and having become tilled with the Holy lihost broke lorth like one inspired. '1 here were commandments, command-ments, too, such as "Thou shalt not steal," " l'hou shalt not kill," "Thou shalt not boar false witness." Porcupine aid Christ told them all war were wrong and they must not kill anyone. He answered cheer fully all questions, and said he told only what he 1 wo of the Indians, with Porcupine, had heen to Walker Lake, and when questioned by General Bris-bin, Bris-bin, aid what Porcupine had said was true, and that they had seen and heard the same themselves. Porcupine it a fine looking Indian, with large, black eapressive eyes, and an abundance of silky, black hair. He i over six feet tall. He also preached preach-ed to the Crow Indians on the "New Messiah," THE INTERVIEW. AlU r being sealed, the reporter aked, "Well Doctor have you read the papers, and seen the account of the Indian Poicupine?" 'No, I have not, but I h.tve seen Porcupine Por-cupine himself, I have been clear up into ldah in order to see him, and hear what he had to say." 1 low did you learn ol his being there if you have not seen the accounts in nsnprt?" "Well, mv uncle, who was one of a party of Indians who went to see the Saviour, wrote to me to come up irto Idaho, and see him, before he went back home, and also to see Porcupine, and I went." "Well Poctor, I have come to ask vou a few questions about this m.uter. and if yon will Rive me a statement ol what you know about it. you will oblige me." "All right," said the doctor, and he proceeded. A year ago last June, an Indian of the Sioux Nation named Oscar, had a dream that Christ had come on the earth, and he was to get the Indians and go out into Nevada and see him at a certain time and place. He was quite startled at this dream, but did not make any effort to go on his mission. Two nilihts after he had the same dream, and th s impressed itself on his mind, so much that he told it to others of his tribe, and died to cet them to go; but thev would not listen to him. Again the third time he had the dream two days latter and this time he succeeded in making the India.n believe him, and members of his tribe started on their piliimage. Scores of Indians, Cheyennes, Crows, and from manv other ttibes.join-ed ttibes.join-ed them and they iourned as best thev could to their destination, suffering manv privations and hardships while in route. |