the ghost dance religion faded when the messiah and the resurrection of the dead failed to appear as predicted. it did not, however, die completely and a rump remains into the present day. porcupine tried to revive the religion in 1900. indian agent james c. clifford gathered a petition from northern cheyennes demanding that he be imprisoned. porcupine was arrested in october and given hard labour at fort keogh. he was released on 28 february 1901 on promising to behave. in 1918 there was a messianic inspired attempt to organise a revolt on the northern cheyenne reservation. whites at the agency were afraid enough to carry guns at all times and stockpile ammunition. however, the attempt was nipped in the bud with strongly worded threats to the indians. porcupine took no part in this, or any other, messiah-connected attempted rebellions. he remained peaceful throughout the period.