Arrest

Section 5 Dance for a new Millenium Chapter 3

After the massacre at Wounded Knee Wovoka renounces his prophecies and lays low for a while. He is just hiding and waiting for some time to pass until his own personal apocalypse has gone by. Wovoka is hiding from the newspapermen who want to ask him endless questions. Most of the questions are about Wounded Knee. Wovoka is hiding from the soldiers who want to take him away from where he lives and force him to endure years and years of exile where he cannot cause any more problems. He promises not to cause any more problems, but they want to exile him anyways. So, Wovoka hides. Mostly Wovoka is hiding from angry Sioux and Cheyenne warriors who he believes thirst for revenge. Wovoka lays low, dancing and praying all alone, waiting for time to pass.

It is not until many decades later, that the law finally catches Wovoka and arrests him. The local newspaper has a photo of Wovoka in chains, surrounded by policemen. He is laughing. The government arrests the Pyramid Lake messiah on the legal charges of fishing without a license because what else would you arrest a rogue prophet for. There is no evidence of Wovoka ever serving any prison time. He paid a small but inconvenient fine and was sent on his way on the condition that he never fish without a license again. Wovoka smiles as he is released, promising to dance and pray for his captors.