Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-23

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.medicipts": by y hich las, he indicated,
supno,e. the tutelary deitv of the hal
lowed spot.
We crent around the circling plane
of rock TO the fnrthest side from our
uo;nt of entrance when a continuation of
The cavern presented itself. Tiger Tail
bade me prasp his deerskiu robe, and af.
tcr nntt;no nm the fire. nan. we entered
this cavern The bottom was dry. and
seemed gradually to ascend in winding,
irreoular curves. but the darkness was
sun1eme We STRUGGLED vaguely on and
inward for as il Seemed to me, an in.
term;nable distance. until a sudden com.
nlete turn around an acute angle of the
rock brouoht ia into a blaze of LIGHT
that actually staggered me. We were in
the omen mir with An unclouded sun daz
Zinc orr unaccns+omed eves. at our fee,
tho maze of islands and bevond the wide
exnanse of Okeechobee. with the dim
bIre line of coast bordering the horizon
We were nnon a level snace of an acre in
extent. with a higher ridge fronting the
south and a slone.to the north and west
while to the east the plane seemed t.
break off suddenly.
7 Climbed tho scrubbv RIDGE IN III,
sorthword and mon ito b;ohesf snmm;,
Il frCnd nf fhnoQ OiDQnfIr mnnn0a thQt
have an lonu nuzzled the antiouaries o,
Fior;d. ia lone surface was covered
9th shs,,s the most of which were of the
"vst.r Ths.e had evidently heen brouoh,
from the coast and eaten there. At The
aner of the mound Vas a tall cabbage
nalmetto tree. that towered. in isolated
aunremacv over the HIGHEST elevation ii
Sonth Florida.
Tiger Tail now Joined me and explained
+ba+ This snot had for aces been a Gather.
inc Mace for his tribe. When thew were
monarchs of Florida their chieftsins and
medicine men here assembled in solemn
val of the green corn dance. Then the
wide cove below was covered with thei,
multitudinous fleets of canoes, while all
the neighboring islands we're white with
the sheen of their wigwams BY day, and
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