800 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.anx.u 



Q. What did the fainted ones see when they get fainted? — A. They visited the 

 Lapp j hunting ground, the camps, multitudes of people, and a great many strange 

 people. 



Q. What did the ghost or the strange people tell the fainted one or ones? — 



A. When the tainted i goes to the camp, he is welcomed by the relatives of the 



visitor (the tainted one), and he is also invited to several feasts. 



0. Were the people at Rosebud agency anxiously waiting or expecting to see all 

 of their dead relatives who have died several years ago? — A. Yes. 



Q. We will have a great many older folks when all the dead people come hack 

 would we not .' — A. The visitors all say that there is not a single old man nor woman 

 in the other world — all changed to young. 



Q. Are we going to die when the dead ones come hack f — A. No; we will be just 

 the same as we are today. 



Q. Hid the visitor say that there is any white men in tin- other world? — A. No; 

 no white people. 



Q. If there is no white people in the other world, where did they get their provi- 

 sions and clothing? — A. In the other world, the messenger tells us that they have 

 depended altogether for their food on the flesh of buffalo and other wild game; 

 also, they were all clad in skins of wild animals. 



Q. Hiil the Rosebud agency Indians believe the new messiah, or the sun of the 

 Great Spirit .'—A. Yes. 



Q. How do they show that they have a believe in the new messiah ? — A. They 

 show themselves by praying to the father by looking up to heaven, and call him 

 " father," just the same as you would in a church. 



Q. Have you ever been in a church? — A. No. 



Q. Do you faithfully believe in the new messiah? — A. I did not in the tirst place, 

 but as I became more acquainted with the doctrines of the new messiah that I 

 really believe in him. 



Q. How many people at Rosebud, in your opinion, believe this new messiah? — A. 

 Nearly every one. 



1,1. Hid you not the Rosebud people prepare to attack the white people this .sum- 

 mer .' While I was at Pine Ridge agency this summer the < iglalla Sioux Indians say 

 they will resist against the government if the latter should try to put a stop to 

 the messiah question. Hid your folks at Rosebud say the same thing? — A. Yes. 



Q. Are they still preparing and thinking to attack the white people should the 

 government semi oar soldiers with orders to put a stop to your new business of the 

 messiah? — A. I do not know, but I think that the Wojaji baud at Rosebud agency 

 will do some harm at any time. 



i ( i. You do not. mean to say that the Rosebud Indians will try and cause an out- 

 break ? — A. That seems to be the ease. 



Q. You said something about I he "son of the (heat Spirit." or ••tin- father." 

 What do you mean by the son of the Great Spirit? — A. This father, as he is called, 

 said himself that be is tin? sou of the Great Spirit. 



(,>. I lave yon talke 1 lo or with any Indian at White Swan about the new messiah, 

 his laws and doctrines, or have you referred this to anyone while there? — A. I have 

 told a few of them. I did not voluntarily express my wish for them to know and 

 follow the doctrines of the new messiah. 



Q. Yes, loil you have explained the matter to the Indians, did you not ? — A. Yes, 

 I have. 



i,i. I to the Yankton Indians at White Swan believe in your teaching of the new 

 messiah .' — A. I did not intend to teach them, but as I have been questioned on 

 I In- subject, that 1 have said something about it. 



Q. Did any of them believe in you? — A. Some have already believed it, and some 

 of them diil not believe it. 



Q. Those that have believed in you must be better men than the others, are they 

 nut ? A. 1 do not know. 



