![]() Some of the leggings were painted in stripes running up and down, others running around. The ghost shirt for the men was made of the same material-shirts and leggings painted in red. ![]() Upon making inquiries I found they discarded everything they could which was made by white men. ![]() I noticed an absence of any manner of head ornaments, and, as I knew their vanity and fondness for them, wondered why it was. In the hair, near the crown, a feather was tied. The women's dress was cut like their ordinary dress, a loose robe with wide, flowing sleeves, painted blue in the neck, in the shape of a three-cornered handkerchief, with moon, stars, birds, etc., interspersed with real feathers, painted on the waists, letting them fall to within 3 inches of the ground, the fringe at the bottom. The wife of a man called Return-from-scout had seen in a vision that her friends all wore a similar robe, and on reviving from her trance she called the women together and they made a great number of the sacred garments. I noticed that these were all new and were worn by about seventy men and forty women. I think they wore the ghost shirt or ghost dress for the first time that day. After marching around the circle of tents they turned to the center, where many had gathered and were seated on the ground. A company of fifteen had started a chant and were marching abreast, others coming in behind as they marched. In the center, around the tree, were gathered their medicine-men also those who had been so fortunate as to have had visions and in them had seen and talked with friends who had died. Presently we saw over three hundred tents placed in a circle, with a large pine tree in the center, which was covered with strips of cloth of various colors, eagle feathers, stuffed birds, claws, and horns-all offerings to the Great Spirit. We came upon tents scattered here and there in low, sheltered places long before reaching the dance ground. We drove to this spot about 10.30 o’clock on a delightful October day. Parker, description of a Ghost Dance observed on White Clay creek at Pine Ridge reservation, Dakota Territory, June 20, 1890. This caused the white settlers great unease and fear, which contributed to the events that occurred in the massacre at Wounded Knee. The movement spread from tribe to tribe and enthusiasts embraced the movement with zeal. Wavoka taught the Indians that by performing the Ghost Dance they would be reunited with those who had died (entered the ghost world), and he proclaimed that by living righteously the white people would be driven out. Parker, a white woman, gave an eyewitness account of a Ghost Dance she observed while visiting the Pine Ridge reservation, Dakota Territory on June 20, 1890.Īfter a spiritual vision, a Paiute Indian shaman named Wavoka (or Jack Wilson) began the Ghost Dance movement.
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