Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1863-12-05
Boise Nens.
SATURDAY December 5th 1858.
THE LEGEND OF MOUNT DTARTo.

THE LEGEND OF MOUNT DTABIo.
A writer in the October number of the
Atlantic Monthly, gives a legend of Monte
del Diablo, in which he postrays the manner
of its having received its Satanic name, as
well as significant vision concerning the exit
Of the Dious missionaries with their Spanish
Tetinue, and the appearance of another rae
of men. The legend runs thus
A holy friar, named Jose Antonio Haro.
having assembled the mount to explore, en-
couatered the old horn-headed, club-foot ed
imp of darkness on the summit, who, in the
dusk of the evening famed away the fog and
bid the good priest to look to the west he
did SO and beheld long cavalcade Of gallant
cavaliers allin deep mourning; martial music
reached his ears, and as they swept down the
plain they we're Joined by like professions de-
filing from every rayine and canyon Of the
mysterious mountain; the cross of Santiago
glittered, and the banners of CASTLE and Ar
agon waved over the moving column. The
evil ole at length broke the reverie of the
holy man in this WISE
You behold the fading footprints of adven
turous Castile-the declining glory of old
Spain. The soil she hath acquired is lost to
her irreTocably. "Look to the east. Faith
er Jose looked as directed, and saw a
strange and motley crew instead of the dark
eyed and rayen-tresssd sons of CASTLE, he be-
held blue eyes and faxen hair of Saxon
race; instead of music, they emitted strange
cultural noises instead of decorous tread and
stately mien, they came staggering; giant
trees fell before them as with the breath of
tornado, and the bowels of the earth were
torn and rent as with CONFUSION. The Father
demanded of the mysterious stranger who had
shown him all this, "who ere these swagger-
ing, busting IshmaeIites, with neither cross
nor holy symbolic" Step under the shadow
of my plume, said his companion, land We
shall see" Father Jose stepped beside him
and they both sank into the earth. When
the Father opened his eyes, he found himself
IN vauIted chamber spangled with diamonds
and floor of pure gold, lakes and streams
OF pure gold lay in caverns in all directions
some liquid and some solid. The Devil signi-
bed thai if the priest would desert the country,
taking with him his bells and holy i'm ages and
missions, he would crown his old age with
pleasure, and that he should not want at the D
same time nodding Significantly at the lake.
Incensed at the attempted bride, the Father
brandiShed his crucifx in the face of the arch
hend and bid him depart, at the same time
letting fall the cruci6x by accident, when !
tussle ensued, both attempting to obtain it, in c
which the good monk was SO overpowered as
to becomG insensible. When he awoke to
consciousness, he was being carried on a litter f
by friends who had found him on the summit
OF Mount Diablo near where he had so mi
raculously disappeared into the earth. His
faithful attendants coming to the spot just at
the time Of bis being exhumed, saw the mon
ster leave him after he had reached the sur
face, but he had then assumed the shape of a
grizzly BEAR and with his claws either before
or after his Transformation he had lacerated
the arms and body of the priest to an alarm
ing degree. Since that day, says the legend,
the mountaia has been stunned as place of
evil spirits. The Rev. Father lived to
witness the fulfllmeut of much of his pro
phetlc vision as shown him on the mount, but
ii was reserved for his successors in the full
ness Of time to realize the sequel.
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