 | William S. E. Coleman - History - 2001 - 474 pages
...observed, A religious craze such as that of 1890-1 was a thing foreign to the Indian philosophy. ... It meant that the last hope of race entity had departed,...relief in their bewilderment and misery. I believe the first prophets of the "Red Christ" were innocent enough and that the people generally were sincere,... | |
 | Charles A. Eastman - History - 2007 - 266 pages
...only thing for me to do was to apply myself diligently to my special work, and await the issue. . . . The Ghost Dance War A religious craze such as that...introduced new and fantastic features to attract the crowd. . . . I told a visiting government inspector that I still did not believe there was any widespread... | |
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The Ghost Dance War A religious craze such as that of 1890-91 was a thing foreign to the Indian philosophy. I recalled that a hundred years before, on the overthrow of the Algonquin nations, a somewhat similar faith was evolved by the astute Delaware... 