Show THE INDIAN CLAIM the he following have appeared in th e public journals in the form of pr dispatches fort orfa ouster custer mont july 3 barly aly this morning a small squad of 01 cheyenne cht yenne indians appeared on the ln hill back of fort ouster custer and bent att word they wanted to come in t t was wag porcupine Porcu phe the apostle of ao e new christ an and d a fe few W followers ro and believers in the new mes biall ah por porcupines e spines arrest had been ored dered by general brisbin but a capie pie had been obtained for him by y major carroll and he now came to to explain plain his religion and personal conduct oon duct all AH the officers in the field in eluding ciui jing major carroll had given given porcupine letters of recommends cioll 10 at 6 porcupine and ind d his fEI followers lowers went to the head quart barters era b building for a conference conference with th the white chief jules a semi aole Ole acting as L sinter interpreter preter an fn r the ta apostal e arose and stretching orth rth lils I 1 a hands prayed in silence for wt daiy five nearly minutes suddenly is 3 face lit up and he seemed filled th the holy spirit he began peking I 1 in n low modulated tones aich ich grew louder and faster as he proceeded deeded until they reached a tem pt at of indian eloquence lie e claimed christ was 0 on n the gy and in the flesh at walker i 19 ke keevama nevada evada and that he had seen fan r hl M 11 and talked with him im face ca to ace ae and that christ had sent him abroad oad to preach his gospel to all who hn would hear hart rhe man he e had arseen ac seen told 0 him be de 1 been on earth before hundreds years ears ago when the people bad treated him badly and killed hilled him he showed scars on his hands and feet where he said baij the people had bad driven spikes nailing him to a cross he also had a bad wound in his side aide where he said a spear had pierced his flesh he said he lived in heaven with his father and had a mother who was a holy boly spirit his father had made the earth and everything that was upon it porcupine is a splendid specimen of the indian over six fret feet tall straight as an arow with a fine face and ha head ead he is about 35 years old and his large black eyes glow with the earnestness of his convictions he is modest and graceful as an orator he refuses to bring the new christ where the soldiers can capture him this new religion is breeding trouble among the and gives the military much uneasiness fort ouster custer mont july 6 5 the indians on all the reservations in this section are in a state of excitement cit ement bordering on frenzy over the alleged coming of the messiah A few days ago porcupine the apostle of the new christ gave to an army aminy officer the story of his meeting with the messiah evening he arrived here with a few followers and related his story with additional details he spoke to the officers and ladies of the post for over an hour and fully explained his religion which closely resembles the christian religion of the whites except that porcupine claims positively that christ has come back to earth and was seen in the flesh near walker lake nevada porcupine did not know anything about the first christ but he says this christ told him he had been on the earth hundreds of years ago when he appeared to the white people who use used d nim roughly and even killed him porcupine says he saw marks on the hands of the christ who said he had been nailed to a tree by he hands abd aad that spikes had also been driven through his feet and his side had been cut open the christ did not show the scars scare on his feet as he did on his hands nor did he show the wound in his side but all knew what he told them was true porcupine said he did not believe in the christ when he first beard of him but no sooner did he be see him than all doubt vanished from his mind and he knew that he haq 4 looking at god he had never seen such a man before and never would unless he saw this man again which he meant to do it was evening when christ came walking into the camp and they all knew who he was without being told he described christ as a large man with a noble carriage and face christ did not Q speak peak the first day porcupine saw him hut but commenced talking the next day soon after sunrise and lid did not cease until the sun was near the western horizon hundreds of indians rs tives from scores of tribes heard him and all understood him bini he did not speak in cheyenne but porcupine understood him perfectly as did the other present he then repeated much of the christs sermons to the Iud indians ians and its similarity to the first christs teachings was at times astounding christ said what grew on earth grew for all and all were equally entitled to the earths products he said he be could not repeat repe pt in a day all christ said but these were some of the things he be taught and he believed in them and the man he saw was the son of god and none dode other christ told the white people when they put him to death he would come again hui but not to them first but to the indian nations whose red children being poor and simple minded would hear bear and believe him he commanded them to go forth and preach his doctrine but to add nothing to it and to hold nothing back he said he could hearald hear all they said wherever they were band and said porcupine christ is hearing me now and is here lia ia the room the apostle stood with outstretched hands in silence for several minutes before he began speaking and having baving become filled with the holy ghost broke forth like one inspired there were commandments too such as aa thou not steal thou nt n t kill thou not bear false witness porcupine said christ told them all wars were wrong a d they must not kill anyone he answered cheerfully nil all questions and said he be told only what he saw paw two of the indians with porcupine had been to walker lake and when questioned by general Br brisbin ishin said what porcupine had told was true and that they had bad seen and heard the same themselves porcupine is a fine looking an with large black expressive eyes and an abundance of silky black hair he is over six feet tall he alo al o preached to the crow indians on the new messiah |