Show general miles views ST PAUL nov 7 gen agten miles milea commander of the division of the missouri is here on his bis return from his western tour regarding the causes and nature of the religious craze existing among the various indian tribes he be says 1 I have been in the utah montana and cheyenne reservations investigating this craze you have no doubt heard that the indian tribes are reported to believe has come who is to restore them to their former glory and bring back the buffalo and drive the whites from the land I 1 have learned that this belief exists among various tribes sioux shoshones Sho and other tribes in all the craze is extended to sixteen tribes the snake indians being the only ones to repudiate it there is no doubt that many indians indiana who are holding this belief in tb the 0 indian messiah are sincere and a few have certainly certain lv seen some person on whom they look to be THAT MESSIAH several small parties of indians have gone westward from their tribes to some point which as near as I 1 can locate it is in nevada there they have been shown somebody disguised as messiah and have spoken with him I 1 am inclined to believe that there are more than one person impersonating this messiah as when the sioux have spoken with him he be replied in the sioux language aril ani to the Blick feet he has spoken their tongue and so se on with the representatives of each nation or tribe speaking their own language to each who do you think Te responsible for this imposition upon the indians 1 1 I cannot state positively but it is my belief that the are the prime movers in it this is not lot a hard statement to believe for there are mormons cormons and they themselves claim to believe in prophets and spiritual manifestations and they even now claim to hold intercourse with the spirit of joe smith besides they have had missionaries at work among the indians for many years and have made many converts |