After the travelers had danced for two nights, Wovoka explained to them his revelations. If the Indians would live in peace with the whites, stop quarrelling among themselves, work hard, and not lie or steal, they would be reunited with friends and relatives who had died. Illness, aging, and death itself would end. The ancestors would bring back the old world by herding game before them as they returned from the spirit realm. A new land would cover the old, ruined one, covering the whites and any Indian who refused to embrace the new doctrine.
