in november 1889 porcupine led a cheyenne mission to visit the arapahoes in wyoming. his companions were grasshopper, and a younger third indian. in wyoming, porcupine repurposed the enterprise and went on to nevada to see wovoka. they stayed over the winter and returned in the spring of 1890. porcupine's report to the tribal council of chiefs took five days to deliver. at the end of that time he was given permission to promulgate wovoka's teaching amongst the tribe. thus, porcupine became the main apostle of the ghost dance amongst the cheyennes. porcupine preached that wovoka was the messiah and a christ figure.