wovoka 3

On the evening of the fourth day... 

when we were weak and faint from our journey... 

we looked for a camping-place, and were met by a man dressed like an Indian... 

but whose hair was long and glistening [fonkelend] like the yellow money of the white man. 

His face was very beautiful to see, and when he spoke my heart was glad... 

and I forgot my hunger and the toil I had gone through. 

And he said: 

“How, my children, you have done well to make this long journey to come to me. 

Leave your horses and follow me.” 

And our hearts sang in our breasts, and we were glad.

 

He led the way up a great ladder of small clouds... 

and we followed him up through an opening in the sky. 

My brothers, the tongue of Kicking Bear is straight, and he cannot tell all that he saw, for he is not an orator, but the forerunner and herald of the Ghosts. 

He whom we followed took us to the Great Spirit and His Wife, and we lay prostrate on the ground, but I saw that they were dressed as Indians. 

Then, from an opening in the sky... 

we were shown all the countries of the earth... 

and the camping-grounds of our Fathers since the beginning. 

All were there, the teepees, and the Ghosts of our Fathers, and great herds of buffalo, and a country that smiled, because it was rich and the white man was not there. 

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Then he whom we had followed, showed us His hands and feet...

and there were wounds in them, which had been made by the whites... 

when He went to them and they crucified Him. 

And He told us, that He was going to come again on earth. 

And this time, He would remain and live with the Indians... 

who were His chosen people.

[bron]