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In the performance continuous hand bells are rung to the tune of 
the chant “Hi, hi, hi,” etc. The dancers jump up and down to the time of 
the “music.” The faces of all the actors become hideously distorted. The 
quivering, trembling, twisting, writhing hands, wave, whirl, gyrate in all 
directions till the scene reminds one much of the demons in the “inferno” 
dancing over a lost soul. And the simple-hearted Indians believe that in 
this performance they are worshiping the most high God. 
Below is a copy of the Quilente Shaker organization, creed, etc., taken 
from the “Quilente Independent,” the only paper in Washington pub- 
lished by an Indian (W. H. Hudson) : 
PREAMBLE. 
In order to form a more perfect union and to secure recognition of 
our rights under the Constitution of the United States, to worship God 
according to our conscience, We, the delegates, from the Shaker Sects of 
LaPush, in conference assembled, do hereby organize, ordain and establish 
the Shaker Church. 
OBJECT. 
Our object is to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to forward 
His Kingdom among the Indian race; to fight against the evils of intem- 
perance, which we believe to be a detriment to the advancement of our 
race; to the pursuits of civilization and Christian living. 
ARTICLES OF FAITH. 
1. We believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy 
Spirit, the Three in One. 
2. We believe that the Shaker movement was a dispensation of Al- 
mighty God to His Indian Children, to the end that they may see with 
spiritual eyes, their evil ways, and to point our way to salvation through 
Jesus Christ the Son. 
3. We believe that Jesus Christ has the power to forgive sins on 
earth. 
4. We believe that God hears our prayers for the sick, and that if 
we pray and believe, He will heal us of our physical ailments. 
COVENANT. 
1. We promise to suppert the Church in all the ways that we can. 
spiritually and temporily. 
