Lakota / Ghost Dance
Short Bull: the earth will shiver at the end of this moon
My friends and relations: I will soon start this thing in running order. I have told you that this would come to pass in two seasons, but since the whites are interfering so much, I will advance the time from what my father above told me to do, so the time will be shorter. Therefore you must not be afraid of anything. Some of my relations have no ears, so I will have them blown away. Now, there will be a tree sprout up, and there all the members of our religion and the tribe must gather together. That will be the place where we will see our dead relations. But before this time we must dance the balance of this moon, at the end of which time the earth will shiver very hard. Whenever this thing occurs, I will start the wind to blow. We are the ones who will then see our fathers, mothers, and everybody. We, the tribe of Indians, are the ones who are living a sacred life. God, our father himself, has told and commanded and shown me to do these things.
On the timeline
- 31 October 1890 · Pine Ridge, reportedShort Bull’s sermon at Red Leaf camp Prophecy given or recorded
- Within a month of 31 October 1890 · end of this moonShort Bull, 31 October 1890: the earth shivers at the end of this moon Predicted date · stated 31 October 1890