Q. Do you intend to introduce the doctrines of the new messiah from Rosebud to this agency as a missionary of the gospel?—A. No, I did not. Q. What brings you here, then?—A. I have some relatives here that I wanted to see, and this was the reason why I came here. Q. Where does this new messiah question originate? I mean from the first start of it.—A. This has originated in White mountains. Q. Where is this White mountain?—A. Close to the big Rocky mountains, near the country that belong to the Mexicans. Q. Do you think that there will be a trouble in the west by next spring?—A. Yes. Q. What makes you think so?—A. Because that is what I have heard people talk of. This is all that I have questioned Kuwapi on the subject of the new messiah. Respectfully, your obedient servant, +William T. Selwyn+. +Chapter XI+ THE GHOST DANCE WEST OF THE ROCKIES The first Ghost dance on Walker Lake reservation took place in January, 1889, about a mile above the railroad bridge near the agency. Wovoka’s preaching had already been attracting general attention among his own people for some months. It is said that six Apache attended this first dance, but the statement is improbable, as this would imply that they had made a journey of 600 miles through a desert country to see a man as yet unknown outside of his own tribe. From this time, however, his fame went abroad, and another large dance in the same vicinity soon after was attended by a number of Ute from Utah. The Ute are neighbors of the Paiute on the east, as the Bannock are on the north, and these tribes were naturally the first to hear of the new prophet and to send delegates to attend the dance. The doctrine spread almost simultaneously to all the scattered bands of Paiute in Nevada, Oregon, and adjacent sections.