Show ift ic khot invented by he Io doc r eole the ghosal dancers dan ceis with the sioux said an old frontiersman to a denver republican publican Ee man recently thisina Thi sisa mistake captain jack of modoc fame is the nestor of the ghost daack although it was not known then by that mame the present sioux dance may have received a few estra embellishments but it is nothing more or less than the old modoc arakce ara ace ff A captain jack during the dayson peace preceding the modoc war at tended a dance given at a frontier em at was a spectator evidently deeply interested when he to his tepee he was seized with a desire to introduce some new features sn the modoc dances so after a consultation with a few of his trusted lieutenants he inaugurated a grand circle oance the indians kept going continuously to the left to the music of dar icing they went with musical fo precision but aam scar exhaustion was stopped regained his senses he graphically described what a wonderful vision he had experienced athe most powerful of early day modoc ahen the tribe was in the zenith of its oglory lg lory the spirit of the chief told him that by killing the first three men who came info their reser alt the land would be re stored to them and that all dead bodocs would be life the story great impression on the indians of general canby and the peace commission in 1873 tells how rig 11 idly the modoc chiefs carried out the spiritual suggestion aate Af te ahne death of the commission fai of their circle dalice ground thear and with war wh and bloodthirsty blood thirsty hearts started on the long campaign among helava beds where they picked off soldiers among the matual fortifications of the region I 1 have been in the bad lands of dakota and it is indeed equally as bad a country as the oregon lava beds A dance among indians is to trouble in 1873 it was dance in 1890 it was the ghost dance it is as natural for an indian fo use his feet and lungs before going as it is for a fish to swim it is part of their tradition superstition to a large extent pervades the breasts of the indians and they think that yar without the visual dance preface would be hoodooed hoodoo ed the sioux are not in my estimation the indians toA andle they are the most cowardly tribe conj american soil the are the meanest ansine in dlan tiep eyes in fight inan are perhaps the most numerous aad merciless the indians have a ghastly ceremony when theydon war paint they have a councils of war then twelve squads squaws are huddled together and chant a weird death the oldest warriors aged and unfit for further active campaigns then draw botsas to which will sacrifice his blood and be the new campaign the one who draws i the straw witha spot of black paint in the center then stabs himself in several places in the the tribe As he falls the blood gushes from his wounds into thi each warrior dips his finger emitting unearthly war they do so this is equivalent to an oath thata they swear bythe bloos of their sacrificed comrade to be true to the commands of their chiefs and fight to the last the bannocks Ban nocks at boss fork agency are perhaps the best dressed 1 indians ia cheape The ape thaddes of the ration in that indian is slovenly dirt yand indifferent in his dress the however take gaoa care ofa blankets dhaVe an more pride tha antho usual run of redskins red skins Tb eyare great travelers also the elege of free transportation on all th e they ride sa aey e of ab anee go |