The Placer herald., 1865-09-16

mark Of disgrace, and drove him or her from
among them, - calling him 'pApayo' OF
"washed," in aIuslon 10 the ceremony ut
baptism. This accounts for the "larago"
tribes, who inhabit country from fifty t..
one hundred miles south, now quite friendly
with the Plmos, and whose personnel aud
customs are quite similar.
The Pmo account o! the origin Of the
world inter'eres slightly with the Jswi>h
history on that subject. With c"nmendabl-
vanity they rate Themselves The favore pen'
pie Of the Great Creator, in whom they i'm
piritly believe, as also Holy Spirit, the
direc, oH,pring thereof IN tn. beginning.
they say, all WAS X ess, but he earth, sun
and moon were east into the void and Iiyhi
came upon Ihe earth. Then tbs Create,
came moving over the face of he earth
borne upon the wings Of mighty hn,tp,tl>.
E~py'ng The btanifuI valley Of the CHA, he
sought IN eligible spo. and lighted upon it
The place chosen was An eminence in the
valley, aud here he commenced the creation
OF humanity First he rubbed his breast
and deposited in his other hand the sweat
and rolls Of dead skin; then his temples, An,,
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ing further he captured al (dont be slar,rd)
louise, and kneadng the ingredients to.
gether for time, he cast upon the ground
what had become An animated mass, from,
which there soon emerged two Pimos, male
and female. These multiplied into might,
people; prosperity attended them; wealll,
flowed in upon them: their temples wer-
spacious and found on every euinen,e: whilst
their dwellings e,nced The luxury and arro.
Hance OF an overblessed people. A mighty
king splang up among them, whose memor,
IS revered as the Holy Spirit. His great tpar
WAS, 10 punish by death, An old woman 10
habiting An adjacent mountain, and wh,
dle'ed prime paIly on young babies. SO
much for her cannihalsm.
Finally this proud, rich people became
offensive to the Creator, who caused q
mighty flood to visit the valley, drnwnin.
most OF the people and destroying their pos.
sessions and property. Those who escaped
took shelter upon nat-topped mountain
they knew Of When the flood WIS Raging
at lis worst, some OF these refugees proposed
to 60 look over the verge and sre how hyI,
the waller had come. AT this critical june
IN the Pmo language and said "the water i.
almost up TO the t"r;" and lhereupon these
>acr-igious quersls and the dog were IN
stantly turned into stone, which statnary ar.
yet to be seen on that mountain in inprrlsh
able granite. Since this demonstration of
Divine dlspleasure, it is not their habit to
live IN gorgeous palaces, nor is il held essen
ilal to acquire more personal property than
Is required tor present use. As phiI"s".
pher always did admit there was "rrasnn
in roasting eggs" and as a ,heoogiau | an
equally inclined to be candid The river aud
valley OF the Glla are there to this day-lhe
land yielding readily excellent crops when
irrigated; it has been thick settled, and n"
one can say how long ago that was-fac's
strongly c"rroborative of its being the birth
place of humanity. The Pimo Of to-day is
,lirly and lousy, which take to be indca-
i've of his origin. That there has been
great floods there every mountain and vale,
testify; besides have given an account Of -
storm saw there myself am not aston
ished at the feat Of the intelligent dog, since
everybody admits that Balaam had convpr
salional Jack, whilst the mountain and har.
dened T. ssiis Of The party on the mountain.
are that much more evidence than we have
Of the saline remains Of Mrs. Lot. If =
shadow of doubt should remain in the mind
Of The reader, will ask him TO ride with m+
through their winter dwellings, clusters {"
which you pass through for tw nly fon,
miles, there is not the least Indication of IA
alial grandeur observable; huge wick-,
basket, up side down, covered with straw an.
dirt, with a hole TO crawl into, is subslan.