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CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 



The narrative 



Chapter I— Paradise lost «*7 



H_The Delaware prophet and Pontiac bW 



III— Tenskwatawa the Shawano prophet 6 '° 



IV— Tecunitha and Tippecanoe -• 681 



V — Kiiuakuk and minor prophets '''•'-' 



Kanakuk 692 



Pa'theskS 700 



Tii'vibo 701 



Nakai-dokli'ni - 704 



The Potawatomi prophet 705 



Cheez-tah-paezh the Sword-bearer 706 



VI— The Smohalla religion of the Columbia region 708 



Smohalla 708 



Joseph and the Nez Perc<5 -war 711 



VII — Smohalla and his doctrine 716 



VIII— The Shakers of Puget sound 746 



IX — Wovokathe messiah 76 ^ 



X — The doctrine of the Ghost dance 77 1 



Appendix: 



The Mormons and the Indians 792 



Porcupine's account of the messiah 793 



The Ghost dance among the Sioux 796 



Selwy n's interview with Kuwapi 798 



XI— The Ghost dance west of the Rockies 802 



XII— The Ghost dance east of the Rockies — among the Sioux 816 



Appendix : Causes of the outbreak £29 



Commissioner Morgan's statement 829 



Ex-Agent McGillycuddy's statement 831 



Statement of General Miles 833 



Report of Captain Hurst 83" 



Statement of American Horse 839 



Statement of Bishop Hare 840 



XIII — The Sioux outbreak— Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee 843 



Appendix : The Indian story of Wounded Knee 884 



XIV — Close of the outbreak — The Ghost dance in the south 887 



XV — The ceremony of the Ghost dance 91 ^ 



Among the northern Cheyenne 915 



Among the Sioux 



MIS 

 Song rehearsals 



Preparations for the dance 



Giving the feather 919 



The painting of the dancers yl 9 



645 



