SPREAD OF THE DANCE 



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Grande Eonde, or Umatilla reservations in Oregon; by any of the tribes 

 in Washington; by those of Lapwai or Coeur d'Alene reservations in 

 Idaho: or on Jocko reservation in Montana. Wovoka stated that lie 

 had been visited by delegates from Warmspring agency, in Oregon, 

 who also had taken part in the dance, but these may have been some of 

 the Paiute living on that reservation. The small band of Paiute living 

 with the Klamath probably also attended the dance at some time. 1 



A single Nez Perce visited the inessiah, but the visit had no effect 

 on his Tribe at home. In a general way it may be stated that the 

 doctrine of the Ghost dance was never taken up by any tribes of the 

 Salishan or Shahaptian stocks, occupying practically the whole of the 

 great Columbia basin. This is probably due to tin- fact that the more 

 important of these tribes have been for a long time under the influence 

 of Catholic or other Christian missionaries, while most of the others 

 are adherents of the Smohalla or the Shaker doctrine. 



of the tribes southward from tin- Paiute, according to the best 

 information obtainable, the Ghost dance never reached the Yuma, 

 Pima. Papago, Maricopa, or any of the Apache bands in Arizona or 

 yew Mexico, neither did it affect any of the Pueblo tribes except the 

 Taos, who performed the dance merely as a pastime. As before stated, 

 it is 'said that six Apache attended the first large dance at Walker 

 lake in 1889. This seems improbable, but if true it produced no effect 

 on any part of the tribe at large. Later on the Jicarilla Apache, in 

 northern New Mexico, may have heard of it through the southern Ute, 

 but, so far as is known officially, neither of these tribes ever engaged in 

 thedance. Theagentof the Jicarilla states that the tribe knew nothing 

 of the doctrine until informed of it by himself. ((?. />., 10.) It seems 

 never to have been taken up by the Mescalero Apache in southern New 

 Mexico, although they are in the habit of making frequent visits to the 

 Kiowa. Comanche, Apache, and other Ghost-dancing tribes of Okla- 

 homa. The agent of the Mohave states officially that these Indians 

 knew nothing about it, but this must be a mistake, as there is constant 

 communication between the Mohave and the southern Paiute, and, ac- 

 cording to Wovoka's statement, Mohave delegates attended the dance 

 in 1890, while the 700 Walapai and Chemelmevi associated with the 

 Mohave are known to have been devoted adherents of the doctrine. 



The dance was taken up nearly simultaneously by the Bannock, 

 Shoshoni, Gosiute, and Ute in the early part of 1889. All these tribes 

 are neighbors (on the east) of the Paiute and closely cognate to them, 

 the Bannock particularly having only a slight dialectal difference of 

 language, so that communication between them is an easy matter. The 



i Hoopa Vallej Siletz and Grande Ronde reservations ai e occupied by lb.- remnants of a number of 

 small tribes. Klamath reservation is occupied by the Klamath, Modoc, and Paiute. On Umatilla 

 reservation are the Cayuse. Cmatilla, and Wallawalla. The Xcz Perc6 are at Lapwai to the number 

 of over 1,800. On the Cceur d'Alene reservation are the Cceurd'Alenes.Kutenai, Pend d'Oreilles, and 

 part of Hi- Spokan, On Jocko reservation in Montana are tin- Flatbeads. Kutenai, and a part of the 

 Pend .re Ireilles. Warmspring reservation in I Iregon is o. cupied by the Warmspring, Was. ... Traino, 

 Paiute, ami John Day Indians. 



