Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-12-02
MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY,

Whole coca-nut trees. All the materials for his
city he carried upon bis back. and, so great was
his weight when thus loaded dowd that at eyerv
step ne sank in the earilipp to his knees
Now, for fear there might be other giants on
the island, ofwhose exisleace they knew not
and who might trace them out by the tracks
FinatniggaIa followed hin with a huge bunch
OF cocoa-nut trees which sieIpued up with her
hands, and filled up the loes he left behind
him. So, in one night he luilded the great city
more than league each yay, and full of wide
Streets and house Of evey day in year; and
The fashion ofevery houseges different And
he finished the houses by lhaching them with
coca-nut leaves, which he hsened to great
beams, formed of the whole funks ofrees:
SO when the city was bbilded, and nicely
shaded by the trees which grew to giant height
in every part of it, he claimed Finatiniggala for
his BRIDE and she, SO pleased Yiih his prowess
great strength, loved him prdiigiously. Now
each house was a 100 feet higH, and contained
only one story, but this were.antpdniiy Of cham.
befs and fine hadn .s,-19iof " bark and leaves
Of the Cocoa. So when all was ready, Diohn-
annell sent his whale for Tagga, and on his ar.
rival he was struck with amazement al the pow
er of his son.in-law, although he too WIS giant
and he gave him his blessing. And they had a
magnificent feast the principal part Of which
was of the Cocoa nut. These two giants shook
the trees with their hands, and when the nuts
fell, they squeezed them in their hands, and
extracted the milk, which Fnatiniggaa pre-
pared for them in many ways; and they con-
sumed on the wedding night one thousand Co
Goa nuts, and became drunken with the milk
which in those days contained powerful spirit.
So DjohnahneI was bedded with his bride,
whom he loved exceedingly, and the next day
he invited hie father in.aw to live with him,
which he did, and deserted his own island of
Caipan.
And Finatinlggala was very prolific, and bore
many children, but to the chagrin ofherself and
her lord they were all dwarfs, and not more than
three feet high; yet they were Of mild dispo-
stion, and although they were so small, they
were very powerful like the Giants.
SO they lived for many years, and the Span
iards came to their island of TInian to take it for
themselves, for il was a very pleasant place to
live. But DjohnanneIl and Tagga drove them
away. Then they sent great ships, and with
manv guns to subdue the giants, but these val
liant men caught the cannon balls in their hands,
and hurled them from the mountains, back, with
such force. that the Spanish ships were all des-
troyed. AT the same time, the whales devoured
Spaniard ever lived to return home.
And now after many years there came a great
which opened a chasm in the island
Ind thTew sTo d9%a the ey and and Dahn
lssailed by the demons who cameY Up from the
Internal regions with the eaIthqaake--and the
demons being the'stronger of the two, and be-
ing aided with large quantities OF bflns!one, by
which they stiAed our friends, they prevailed
against them, and carried them all down below
after which the chasm closed up again, ana no
body was left on the island But Tagga was
slain, and his body left in his house when the
others we've carried away Then the whales
departed and by and bye the Spaniards returned
and took possession of the island, and lived in
the ruins of the city.
But DiohnanneIl, when he sawthis, was much
enraged, and making his terms with the demons
they allowed him TO return by night with a
mighty host of giants and they holding their
revels in these halls, the Spaniards were affrlgh-
ted and fed, and builded them small houses on
the banks of the sea. And every night the troop
of giants cane with. irightfu nose, and held
their revels in the old city, and people who vis-
tied the walls were smtten with dreadful dis
ease, which brought them nigh unto DEATH
However, when the dwarfs saw how the anger
Of the parents afflicted the Spanilrds, they so
came by night and by day and cured those who
were sick
And so it is yet, though but fewpe have oi
late years seen the Giants. Yet if one be alone
in the forest, and hears mighty noise he knows
that the troop of Giants is coming. Aud the
little dwarfs are sometimes, though rarely, seen
They minister to the comforts of the Spaniards
When children are lost in the woods, they fine
them and protect them, and bring them agaiI
to their discoEsolate parents; and when the poo
people are sick they cure them. But they ar
very quiet and never speak at-alI. Don JUAr
TAYTANo says that he once saw dwarf III
had been sleeping in the forests, and when he
awoke he saw little man, with mild counte
nance and pair of great blue eyes, watching
him with much interest, but he Immediately
disappeared when Dan JUAN awoke. He hat
never seen giant but had heard their noise
However it instantly ceased when he discharge
gun at them.
Don JUAN says that he was once much in tel
ror of the giants, but fndlrg that they wer
frightened away by the explosion of fgunpowdeI
he went to their haunts thereafter with perfec
impunity.
There are doubtless many incongruities in ta
above story, but we will tell It as it was told I
us, and it may serve some ingenious story-telle
hereafter with theme for an interesting tall
We give it as the tradition, handed down iroI
father to son among the natives, to account tc
The existence of the city. And 1t is said tha
many years ago the bones o! TAeGA were fouul
but Immediately destroyed by the settlers, WI
took them for the work of the devil. Whe
; the Spaniards came to these islands 6rst the
found some of them inhibited by Kanaka
whom they subjected to their power.
D There is a plant growing in the springs
. Iceland, which not only flowers, but bears sec
y in water hot enough 10 boil eggs