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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  the 
  house. 
  With 
  all 
  his 
  might 
  he 
  held 
  back, 
  straining 
  and 
  resist- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  finally 
  two 
  white 
  men 
  came 
  to 
  his 
  assistance; 
  but 
  it 
  

   dragged 
  all 
  three 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  ! 
  Specimens 
  of 
  these 
  objects 
  are 
  in 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Indian, 
  Heye 
  Foundation, 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  City, 
  and 
  in 
  certain 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  museums. 
  There 
  is 
  

   not 
  the 
  slightest 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  quivering 
  and 
  shaking 
  mani- 
  

   fested 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  them 
  goes 
  back 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  

   into 
  the 
  days 
  before 
  the 
  white 
  occupation. 
  The 
  Indians 
  say 
  that 
  

   the 
  wooden 
  object 
  became 
  " 
  possessed 
  " 
  and 
  shook 
  the 
  performer, 
  

   while 
  we 
  would, 
  of 
  course, 
  assume 
  that 
  the 
  performer 
  fell 
  into 
  a 
  

   shaking 
  seizure, 
  such 
  as 
  occurs 
  in 
  many 
  religious 
  exercises 
  among 
  

   other 
  races 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  his 
  shaking 
  agitating, 
  

   in 
  turn, 
  the 
  object 
  he 
  carried. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  in 
  these 
  old 
  

   performances 
  and 
  these 
  ancient 
  objects 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  background 
  

   upon 
  which 
  the 
  present 
  day 
  motor 
  disturbances 
  developed, 
  which 
  

   give 
  the 
  Shaker 
  group 
  its 
  name. 
  I 
  know 
  educated 
  Indians 
  who 
  

   have 
  seen 
  these 
  old 
  spirit-objects 
  come 
  to 
  life, 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  person 
  

   holding 
  them 
  to 
  tremble 
  like 
  a 
  leaf. 
  

  

  One 
  other 
  point 
  occurs 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  Shaker 
  re- 
  

   ligion, 
  which 
  makes 
  one 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  world's 
  

   great 
  religions. 
  I 
  spoke 
  above 
  of 
  " 
  Shaker 
  " 
  organizations, 
  with 
  

   church 
  buildings, 
  which 
  have 
  now 
  spread 
  among 
  the 
  Yakima 
  and 
  

   the 
  Lutuami, 
  and 
  other 
  tribes 
  far 
  removed 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound. 
  John 
  

   Slocum 
  had 
  his 
  " 
  inspiration," 
  the 
  religion 
  started, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   meetings 
  were 
  held 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  inlets 
  of 
  

   Puget 
  Sound 
  called 
  "Big 
  Skookum," 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Olympia. 
  On 
  

   the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  inlet, 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  races 
  by 
  at 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  

   the 
  tide, 
  is 
  where 
  Slocum 
  lived 
  and 
  "died" 
  and 
  came 
  back 
  to 
  earth 
  

   from 
  the 
  heavenly 
  regions 
  with 
  a 
  message 
  for 
  his 
  people. 
  It 
  was 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  there 
  who 
  got 
  his 
  message 
  first, 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  shake, 
  and 
  

   organized 
  the 
  church. 
  These 
  very 
  Indians, 
  however, 
  have 
  now 
  

   stopped 
  shaking. 
  They 
  no 
  longer 
  have 
  any 
  particular 
  faith 
  in 
  

   "shake-help," 
  and 
  have 
  ceased 
  to 
  hold 
  meetings. 
  The 
  very 
  people 
  

   among 
  whom 
  the 
  movement 
  started 
  were 
  therefore 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  fall 
  

   away. 
  This 
  makes 
  one 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  curious 
  history 
  of 
  Christianity, 
  

   a 
  religious 
  S3 
  r 
  stem 
  originating 
  in 
  western 
  Asia 
  but 
  associated 
  in 
  its 
  

   later 
  history 
  with 
  Europe. 
  Asia 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  Christian 
  in 
  any 
  

   considerable 
  part 
  since 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  Christian 
  history. 
  The 
  

   case 
  of 
  Buddhism 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  line 
  ; 
  Buddhism 
  being, 
  of 
  course, 
  a 
  prod- 
  

   uct 
  of 
  Hindustan, 
  originating 
  there, 
  and 
  being 
  borne 
  afar 
  from 
  that 
  

   country 
  as 
  a 
  center. 
  But 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  relatively 
  short 
  time 
  was 
  Bud- 
  

   dhism 
  actually 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  its 
  birth. 
  Buddhists 
  

   are 
  nowadays 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  by 
  millions 
  in 
  China, 
  in 
  Japan, 
  in 
  Burma, 
  

   in 
  Siam, 
  in 
  Cambodia, 
  in 
  Tibet; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  where 
  it 
  started 
  

  

  