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Show TUB INDIAN CHRIST. Forcnpiae, a Cheyenne Brave, Gives a De.' tcriptioo and Saji He U ia FoTada. EED MEN ABE GREATLY EXCITED, Ctiuni Set Up That the M.uh Bean tL Scan Boceired on Mount Caltary, Four Crm n, Mont . July 3. Th Iudians on all Ihe reservation in line st'ction are io a state of rxcitrmrul bor dering on fremy over the alleged coming com-ing of the Meviiah. A few days ago I'orcupiiie. the apoile of the new Christ, gme Io an army ollicer the story of his meeting with Ihe Meuiah. Ln-t evening he arrived here with a few lit-lowrm lit-lowrm aud it Uted his story with addi lional details. He apoke to the officer aud ladies of Ihe pot for oe an hour, and full v rpl,iind his religion, nhich closely resembles the t hriiti.iti religion of the whilen, except tlut I'oreupiue claims positive-ly positive-ly that t'hriit h t-otne back to earthi and now in the flesh near Walker lake, Xc ad i. l'in npine did not know any-, thing alxuil the lir.l ChrUt, but he aay.t this Christ lol, hitn he had bees ot i .ii'tli hundieds of yean ago. when he) appeateii to the lute people, ho uaedi him roughly, aud rru killed him. For cupine .iv lie raw tiiiti'k on Ihe hand of the Christ, ko said he had bono nailed to a tree by the bands, and thai pikes had also been drHen thmugta his feet and bis nide had Uisn cut open. The ChrM did not hnw the scar on his feel s he did on hi shoes, nor did he show the wound in his side, but aU knew wlmt he toid llieio was true. For riiplue aaid he did lit t believe lit III Chi il ben h tint heard of him, bill no sooner did be see him 111 .ill all doubt vanished from his mind and he knew he was looking si God. lie had never seen aoi'li a man before and lie? would Ultles he saw this man agaia. which he meant to do. It was eveoiti when Chrit came walking Into th ramp, aud they all kuew ho ho without being told. lie dencribed ChtUt a a Urge mart : wlih a tawny akin, a noble carriage and face. Chriit did sprnk; l ho tltt day. Porcupine ar him, but commenced taktua? on the next dy xmhi after sunrUe and did not ceaoe until Ihe sun was near the) weirru horizon. Hundreds of Indians, rejirewntativel from scores of tribes heard him and all lindurtixi him. He did not apeak III Cheyenne, but I'oreupiue niidvrotoori him' perfectly, as did the oilier I'bey ennes prewnt. He then reated njiich of the CbrUt'i MTiuons Io the Indians, and Iu sunW Inrltv to Ihe lira! Christ's teachings wa4 at limes aatMtiiiditig. Christ id what grew nn earth grew for all. and all er etually i iilitli'd in the earth's prrw duels. Ha taid he could not repeal la a lay nil Christ aaid, but these wer nine of the things he laoght, and ha) Indicted In them, Hid the man he t.iw was the Son of God. and nnn other, ChiUI lidd the white prcipln when ihey put Him to deal h lie would t-nmn nf il. but Hot t them tlrat. hut to Ihe Indian nation, whose red children being poor and simpbi minded would bear and believe Him. He cuiiiinan'led them I- go forth and preach bis do I line, but to add nothing In II, and lt hold nothing back He asid he rotild lienr all they said hereer Ihey were, "and,' salt! I'orcupiiie. "Chrwt l hejir lug me now and l herein the room." The apottla stood with outatn li hej liatlds III alienee for several InlriUlns l fore he begun eukliig. and having lie come til Nil with Ihe Holy l.ho.t brk forth liku one liKpirmf. There tr commandments, too, siii:h a "Thoit halt not .leal." ' Thou .halt not kill," Thou ahslt nol bear f tl wltnr." I'orcttpine said Chrlil told ttieui all wsis were wrong and they must not kill nyone. H answered cheerfully alt qurstloiis and said ha told only what he ww, Two of the Indian, ttlth J'omipinei, had been In Walker lake, and when ijui.(!tiiined bv l,eii. IlrisliiD. said whsl Porcupine, hn'l fold wst lru, and lhal Ihey had n eu and heard the same them selves. I'lirciiplne is a Nne looking Indian, with large, block. prelre ees, an an abundance of iikr, black hair. He ! otcr sif feet lull. II-' sl' preached Io the Crow Indians on th "'ew Meosiuh." |