National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23

ration he grew into alteration, and these animal
Then, snssEsr principle or sentiment, wnici
men, appears to exert modifying influence o.
4 bis Psychological belfefs. The men Of to-day ar
e 4; .Ss1 men e
days yesterday are great men; the perspectiV
i Nthis sentiment prevails with civilized nations
/ age people.
,Ersryvhsre they bitterly mourn the degsnsrac,
fathers and Erandfsthers And this same msnta
Characteristic Il observed 10 the dehcatton Of AMI
mails. The wolf Of to-day l. bowling pest, bu
: In addition to the animal gods, the sun AM
moon are recognised IS deitlss, and they hay
gone but step Or two beyond tbs IN creating 10
some Of tie Tribes have GOD Of thunder; stu
II 10 an animal god. lis monstrous bird perehes
der, ils wings are the eioudlets, and il scars q
earth e times and carries away entire tribes OF
| Then there is still another god, or goddess, o
which mention should DO made, Sf-choam-pa Ma
so.tts, the old woman Of the sea.
Il vas she who brought up the tribes OF Ute
| from the depths Of the ocean and placed them OF
the land and allotted to each its portion Of thu
| earth, and she taught them their art.
Tai: mythology z tnsir account Of the origin Q
| concept that there q land and Q sea, an abysl
posed Of land and sea. The land e . vast surface
\ bounded BY lines Of cliffs and by the sea; thu
as to stand on the brink Will lose all control O
himself and be compelled to cast himself there
nom, and will fall into the abyss below Tho sea
Is also bounded BY lines Of cliff In the same man
Above Is night, and between the land and SEQ
SsiGw and the above there Sc great s dome
surface OF the night, To-gvum lsnight-both the
night Of space and the night Of time.
very interesting indeed, had time, to show how
the Indian often confuses time and space. Pai-as
means face, side, or vertical surface: So We have
wall and We also have to-gwum pai-sv, the lace
OF the night, meaning the sky or apparent hrma.
ment; The edge Of the shy rests upon the land
irregular that there are many places where the
people may fall through into the abyss below
This boundary Of land and ses-the lower edge o.
the sides of the night, the horzon-is called kung
war-ru.
They give no sccount of the origin or making o.
the sun, but they have 2 host Of mytholSgicst
great god, who should have o viii Of his owns
yet compelled to travel by definite trail along
I have found many scores Of these They have
certain points in common, but vary greatly In de-
tails. Others give the origin Of the moon.
character Of their belief concerning the stars and
terms viii say that the stars are transiassd per
earth to the face Of the night, where they are
compelled to travel In appointed ways.
They distinguish between individual stars them
selves and groups Of stars or consultations.
Concerning the considerations they have many
interesting Stories and while the individual start
are personages, the groups Of stars are variou;
or are spoken OF as things without life, and these
stories OF the constellation are considered then
star-dung, and curiously enough, snail is called
by the same name, and supposed to be the s1cre
ment Of some stellar personage-that Ia, snaili
They explain the origin Of canons and valleys
the origin Of fire and water, Of snow, hail and
rain, Of the rainbow and many other things
The means by which this mythology Is pre-
served from one generation 70 the other is very
| elaborate and very efficient
... CHRONOLOGY.
In addition to the my theological personnges they
believe In great number Of beings, which 1t II
well perhaps to cali demons Kainu-shuvs, are
beings who live in the high mountains; they
usually remain In deep chambers, caves and IN
derground apartments in the mountains by day
sSSs skr i ssi N :hs syS la 9aI Ss
at bresk-neck speed over the peaks and crags
n noun shasp, Elk and deer; and an Indian
1 when he kills one Of these animals leaves some
portion Of the carcass near by where the animal
nishnv' They H tell many Sondcrfal s.oris.
Of these beings. Pong is the sprite
Of the spring PSwh % -, the .,; demon mon ~. .
forms many strange deeds and has the power o
Transforming himself in magical ways. Tu-mu
ur-rugwait-slgaip or rock rover, lives among tht
| catch unwary people and take them to the brtnE
OF frightful precipices and there exact from then
promises, failure TO fulfill which causes tbs
and another takes possession Of him and causes
him to behave in unseemly ways
This is their explanation OF insanity.
The Yan-tups are people who produce the
various kinds Of diseases or sickness; thus an In
dian does not understand o sickness to be an i'm
proper working Of the physical system, but to Dc
| an entity-an evil being, devil, yan-tup who
takes possession Of the mainland all their medica
| treatment Is sorcery.
They have great variety Of M SirS , ans
evil beings arc driven from the sick. have my
self witnessed great many of them and mad'
record oil what have seen;
OF poetry they have great store, consisting
songs, usually Of few stanZas, rarely more thai
half dozen; chiefly celebrating the beauties o
nature and the dolngs OF the gods.
or these have collected more than hundred
I will give On illustration:
THE EARTHQUAKE.
Tu-wip' pu-a tu-wip pu-a
A-vWim -pai-ar-ru-wlp qua
Tu-ra,gu ok tn rs-gu-Ok
kai-YWa mu-tu-rit-ka-nok
In that land, in that land,
/ = In that glittering land;
Far away, far away,
The mountain was shaken with pain.
SUNSET CLOUDS.
Un-katpn-ris VIII I-ka-rinumi-va
PLvu-rant kaiyw-ok u mai
The red clouds OF sunset are drifting
Like down 0p the peaks Of the mountains.
| EAGLES TEARS.
| Ta-yi kwsi-nant-si ya-ga-wats
Si-chom-pa kung-war-ru
Tu-yung- Mi-ra-yats. -....- q.
At morn the eagle will cry l-
On the father shore OF the sea
And rainbow will BE- In the SKY.
THE RED ANT.
Ta-st-sv ku-mai-a
---..- Ma-na-pn win-ka
So-ku-nas via wiz.
|, The little red ant
Descended the hill
with one arrow only.
PARADOX.
WL,iv-a-kn-fi-n
Yu-gu kai mai-u-uk
.. Yu-gu-kai mai-u-uk
Nahum pari-tum-pa.
The crest Of the mountain
Forever remains,
Forever remains,
Though rocks continually fall.
The session then adjourned until to-day.