THE INDIAN PROPHET

Is still holding forth on the Wenatchee, and his efforts are having a salutary effect upon the natives. He has converted nearly all the tribe of Moses. They have resolved, almost to a man, not to -taste or handle whisky in any way. The name of the prophet is Patewie. He exhorts his hearers to quit gambling, stealing, lying, and drinking whisky. The earthquake and his teachings have caused many of the several tribes to mend their ways and lead more exemplary lives. They have a great deal- of the earthquake, and some of them have forsaken their old homes and come over to Kittitas to winter. The earth is still trembling and there is

AN OCCASIONAL SHAKE

There were six distinct shocks along about the last of October. They were so severe that it caused the tin-ware in a store fifteen miles distant to rattle quite furiously. There was an outburst of the pent up gases on the east side of the Columbia that scattered the sand and dust far and wide, and from the fissures there is now flowing three living springs of fresh cold water, all adjacent to each other. The earthquake occurred about a year ago, and the place where a large mountain is about one mile in length by from three to six hundred yards in width. Some of Wapato John's ranch has been destroyed. He lives in close proximity to the continuous rumbling. He sticks to his ranch, however, not withstanding many of his neighbors have fled to other parts where it is presumed there is greater safety. Some of the Indians look upon the dis- turbance in the bowels of the earth as a judgment sent upon them to punish them for their misdeeds.
Occasional