Show A ST PAUL minn april 26 special general roger of the department of dakota DS A yesterday received a letter from major carrol fort ouster moot stating that the indians of the tongue river agency were greatly excited over the expected appearance of the saviour this is a peculiar case and presents many strange and interesting features accounts that can be gathered of this coming of indian christ are very fragmentary ant the belief is thoroughly grounded in the minds of indians and under the leadership of their medicine men they have worked quite a religion revival and are confidently awaiting the appearance of their saviour some time ago an ter preter at the cheyenne and agency in the indian territory wrote in personal letter to the interpreter at the tongue river agency that the and arapa hoea here are greatly excited about christ coming among bums of the northern tribes of indians the Arapah oes have been getting letters from the northern Arapah oes in regard to it it is a follows my friends here wish me to ask what there is about it and what do yon know about it they sent two of their young men to the shoshone agency in idaho a month and a half ago to find out all about it but these two have not returned yet gua kiver interpreter made an investigation among the indian there and reports as follows this christ is in the mountains and he wants all the indians to come to him that he will put them behind him and having all the whites before him will roll the world over on them the whites and destroy them he is a white man eha above has been told by the indians at the shoshone oae agency tian aba indian say tha ibm christ I 1 showed some indian scars on his hands and feet and a spear wound in bis side that lie wants all indians to come there giving u their firearms fire arms and ansing only bows and spears and ehst he is to roll the burld on the whites in case they abuse indians where this white man lives the ann is very close and the earth is so hot that it hums theirA et no grass grows there general ruger says it is not unlikely eliat ahia report originated arns the teachings of the missionaries amona the indians which they have mixed with their mythology the indian medicine men have all taken ap the new religion and are making themselves very oae of the difficult things however is the wide distribution of alie myth which seems to have been brought out independent at some places over a thousand miles apart in order to prevent any trouble which might arise from some white men pretending to be christ suing amone indians and making trouble Genf cral ruger has detailed major carrell of ft ouster te proceed to the tongue river agency at once and thoroughly shift alie matter to the bottom if possible j |