Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — THE UTE INDIANS' HEAVEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE UTE INDIANS' HEAVEN.

A Happy Hunting Ground of Kndless Dancing and Feasting. The Ute Indians believe that one God, or Great Spirit, rules all the Indians, and that he desires his children to be mighty hunters and brave warriors. They believe that their code of morals came from this Great Spirit, and that war is a good thing in his sight. They believe in a future life, but not in a fu-

ture puuishmeut. As soon as an Indian dies it is believed that his soul has gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds, a fair land in tho sky where thero is no death, whoro there are towering mountains, broad forests, grassy plains, and rivers of sweet waters that flow undlmlnlshed forever. In this Happy Hunting Ground each tribe of Indians has its own land, and when an Indian die 9 he dwells among his own people. In this blessed place thero is no sickness, the men are all strong, tho women are all beautiful, tho horses aro all fleet, and existence Is ono long, happy, endless round of hunting, feasting, dancing, and making merry. The Indians believe they will go thero as soon as they die, and because of this implicit faith no Ute fears death, and none are cowards.

A UTE INDIAN BRAVE.