ggg THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ans.14 



any. If you follow my advice, you will soou have totems agaiu." Say this to my 

 Great Father lor me. 1 



My father since 1 talked with the Great Spirit, our women and children and our- 

 gelves we have not such good clothes, hut we don't mind that. We think of praying 

 every day to the Great Spirit to get us safe to the good lands, where all will he 

 peace and happiness. 



My father, the Great Spirit holds all the world in his hands. I pray to nira that 

 we may not he removed from our land until we can see and talk to all our 



totems. . . • 



My father, when 1 left my women and children, they told me. "As you are going 

 to see our Great Father, tell him to let us alone and let us eat our victuals with a 

 good heart," 



My father, since my talk with the Great Spirit we have nothing cooked until the 

 middle of the day. The children get nothing in the morning to eat. We collect 

 then all to pray to the Great Spirit to make our hearts pure, and then eat. We 

 bring our children up to he good. 



My father. 1 will tell vou all 1 know. 1 will put nothing on my hack. God told 

 me. Whenever you make a talk, tell everything true. Keep nothing behind, and 

 then you will find everything go right. 



My father, when I talked with the Great Spirit, he did not tell me to sell my lands, 

 because I di.l not know how much was a. dollars worth, or the game that run on it. 

 If he told me so, I would tell you to-day. 



My father, you have heard what I have said. I have represented to you our situ- 

 ation, and ask vou to take pity on us and let us remain where we are. . . . 



My father, 1 have shown von in the lines I have made the bad places. Our war- 

 riors eve, are afraid of those dark places you see there. That is tin- reason they 

 threw their tomahawks aside and put up their hands to the Great Spirit. 



My father, every time we .-at we raise our hands to the Great Spirit to give us 



Mj father, we are sitting by each other here to tell the truth. It you write any- 

 thing wrong, the Great Spirit will know it. If I say anything not true, tin- Great 

 Spirit will hear it. 



Mj father, vou know how to write and can take down what is said for your satis- 

 faction. 1 can not; all I do is through the (Jreat Spirit for the benefit of my women 



and children. 



My father, everything belongs to the Great Spirit. If he chooses to make the 



earth shake, or turn it over, all the skins, white ami red, can not -to,, it. I have 



done. 1 trust to the Great Spirit. (Ind. Off., ?.) 

 A few years later, in LS3L, Catliri visited [vanakf\k,who was still living 



witli the remnant of his people in Illinois, and was then regarded as 

 their chief. Be still preached the same doctrine, which the artist incor- 

 rectly supposed was tbe Christian religion— probably from the tact that 

 the meetings were held on Sunday in imitation of the whites — and 

 especially was constantly ami earnestly exhorting his tribesmen to cease 

 from drinking whisky, which threatened to destroy their race. His 

 iufluence had extended into Michigan, and man y of the Potawatomi 



■ The totem lath, badge ol n clan or gens of a tribe. The ,„.,o,m, is that bj disease and death 

 manJ f th, i, gent. - bad become entirely extinct, but that by beediug tbe prophets advice they would 

 again 1 ne a numerous people. 



