, 1860-12-14
AN INDIAN LRGENn.

l. AN INDIAN LEGEND. w gne
| Very iong ago, the tradition says, and long az
| ter the Grow had made A things, there lived
among the HydaHs great Chief, whose stomach
was Iall Of rats (coOt seene These yermiu came
Iut Of his mouth TO iecd whensver7he wentftO
sleeps but when the poor fellow showed signs
Of waking up, back trotted the rats, and laid
down all snug III his stotnach. White the rats
were out .leediAgsi the Indians would try and
catch them; but they were toO nimble to Dc thus
Trapped aAhqadian once cut of the bead Of
one Of the rats; when lol and behold, the head
and body both ran down the Chiefs mouth, and
| the next day came out fastened together again,
| and ioskng as wei as ever AT last, the Indi'
aus thought they bad endured the nuisance long
enough, so they called a council Of the neighboF.
bg tribes, and all the medicine men and the
chiefs cathe and they soon fixed up plan Is get
| nd Of the vermin. One night wheE the Chief
was asleep, one Of his relatives uiq bits Of sal
mon al round the floor. Pretty soon UP cauie
the rats, smelling ihe dried fis6, and when they
had all got out the Chiefs nlOnth Was covered,
and he was errried1o canoe ard paddled of 10
high rock that stood in the middle Of the yea
| The rats attempted 10 follow their friends but
were drowned in the attempt The chief after
tie-loss Of his pets, le eicls, ard finally threw
himself of the high rock and was drowned. Tue
HydAlis, whenever Anything gbes ~rsag, la Ns
This spirit for it. They say that tbs way the T
fOrsiAiheo ,artrd tow ,ra him has proved lcuns
to the whole race. The trbes, which were & r
unery all one, first split; bohefwent one way
and some anotheri then sickness came upon
them hl,Mb Il a sti1 more raInar 10 4 saeei.
dents commenced to happen and kill off their
friends. Before the death'Of the chief and the
4 rats, neither pccidcntS nor, sickness was known
among them. But the crokntng point d their
| wHwhedUea3bwas the first appearances rpfI q
whites with the iTe.wSrter, Since thai tune they
have been gradually decreasing ,in nhmbsrs, and
the Old Indians say il all comes from the bad
treatmentth9ShieirEi the beilyfulOf rats sus-
tAined long years ago, % sNgs ~ ra
| STEt EIJaERGvok OSlllrAI9 AZ Vdtlyy lftBl
-aGGriBAldf&AshesBi BE 'bwh shirts when OccA-
sion requires AheP tiie battle 6f MeIazz6, hd-
ine hsShft dirty and soiled if5nh 4iis personal
struggle, 'hSJOOkft bR washed ig'fh 'tiie'bfOOk
hard by, and hung y np on lhs- bushes. ate bis
Iunsllo bread, Gpit and yalsF, snpkedhls eisSr
bsSS- S-bactod, and, wfSpt "a thought, ct appa
] rently contemplating the drying Of bis garment /:
thus ii the 6eld u biv6ude, snfihg eq md
hardship, ne 'KunBIest DC IA IOu0Ts Tsrs,
Directly his shirt ,wdsedry, he went, Oh board
the "Tukeri, " formerly q Yeloee," lying IL the
bay cAitln1nebt ebtdFnaiddl ~ iAh5I Ipbninxuinp Ind
personally directed her Ere, on thea fortress and
retiring massesgH w .s1gs1 ussiolta hls sss'isuL
sLtdMEST ron sFRAiSs AND BRtfss ray
egg, well RsstsH, hRlf Ppt ,9lr FiqegaE, an ounce
Of spirits OF turpeDt me, y quarter Of an ounce
Of spirits Of wine, and q quarter of an ounce. of
spirits ofseeRRbqG yshsse JiRgredisus to bo
mixed tOgetherg arst dissolEihglths eAmPhOu, in
the sbiriS Of vine. then pqt The nixlare ID x
bottle and shake for ten minutes sllet which i
istgbs cnulkedldoy tightly to s1cludethe cir.
10 hai an hour il y fit or use. ss a 5sa "a .,-s
WHt+E DEER I'VE ,sf these anlmais wire
killed a few days since on the Klamath river, BY
Mr,SNya n shelton, oi Big Bar, saysJhe Hunt
boldta 7tmeSoofi the Nth ult; "a The Indians In
this part sof Calf6Fnia regard the skin of.tbe
white deer among the most SiluablS of an
earthly things, for the possessionof which they
viii exchange all other species Of wealth. The
ownership Of a white deer skin constitutes a
claim TO chieNainseiP readily acknowledged BY
all Of the dusky race on this coast. Mr.. Shel.
ton realized for the two skins three hundred Snd
hily dollars. Il u IS IGL 49,
DEsrnOgs 70 Bt sASSEEED,A- JEmalea PG.
pers are discussing the policy Of aEnexing that
cplaRy tgthe Uritsd States asa rensdy ioEFo ~
social and pOlitcdl evlis under which Il e suffer.
ing The Papsrs Of the United States are dis
sussihs fhs pOlisyof reducing this country to
ths condition which renders Jamaica dcsitOus 70
bsSnRsSei 70 the Uuitt States, '--ol.'i "a, i. q.
trtN. .tr Iar1H o. y y y & As-