The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-11

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coming down with the two boys Ara
when he met them ne hooked We
grave, but said nothing; and theu ri
decended together. and ire processiou
returned as it had come; ao0 .be
RajAh went To his palace. and the
chiefs to their villages. and the people
to their houses. to tell their wivs 3
and children all that had happened,
and to wonder yer again what woulo
come OF it.
And three days Sfterward the RsiAh
summoned the priests ard the prin
ces and The Chief men of Matarsm to
hear what the greas spirit had told
him on the top OF The mountain
And wnen they we're al assemble
and the betei and sirih had been
handed round, be told them what
bad happened. On the top OF the
mountain he lad fallen into trance,
and the great spirit had appeared to
him with face like FURNISHED gold,
and said: oh. RsjAb! much plague
and sickness and levers are coming
upon all the earth, upon men, end
upon horses, and upon Csttle; but as
you and your people have obeyed noe
and have come up to my great noun
tsin, / will teach you how you and
eli the people of Lombock may es-
cape this plague" And all waited
anxiously, to hear how the were to
be saved from so fearful calamity.
And, after a short silence, the Rsjah
spoke again and told them that the
great spirit had commanded that
twelve sacred krisses sho1ld be made,
and that to make them every village
and every district must send bundle
of needless needle for every head
in the village. And when any griev-
GUS disease appeared in any village,
one Of the sacred krisses should be
sent there; and If every bouse ia that
village had sent the right number Of
needles, the disease would immedi-
ately cease; but if the number of
needles sent had not been exact, the
kris would have DC virtue.
So the princes and chiefs sent to
all their villages andcommunica.ed
tho wonderful news; and all made
haste to collect the needles with the
greatest accuracy, for they feared that
it but one wer6 wanting the whole
village would suffer So, one by one,
the head-meb of the villages brought
in their bundles OF needles; those who
were near Mataram came first, aud
those VINO we're far Of came last; and
the R4j4h received them with his own
hands, and put them away carefully
In an inner chamber, IN caUphor-
wood chest whose hinges and clasps
were of silver; and every bundle Va
marked the name Of the village, aud
the district from whence it came; 40
that it might be known that all hal
heard and obeyed the commands of
the great spirit.
And when it was quite certain that
every village had sent in its bundle,
the Rsjsh divided the needles into
twelve equal parts and ordered the
best steel-Worker in Mataram to bring
his forge and his bellows and his
hammers to the palace, and to make
the twelve krisses under the Rajsh's
eve. and In the sight of ali men who
chose to see it. And when they were
finished, they were wrapped up in
Dew.silk and put away carefully until
they might be wanted.
Now the journey to the mountain
was in the time Of the east wind,
when no rain falls in Lombock. And
soon after the krisses were made it
was the time of the rice harvest, and
the chief of the districts and Of VIII
lagos brought in their tax to the
Rajah Sccording to the number Of
heads in their villages. And to those
that wanted but little to their full
amount the Rsjsh said nothing; bat
when those came who brought only
half or only q urth part OF what
Was strictly due, he said to them
mildly. The needles which you sent
from your village we're many more
than came from such ones village,
yet your tribute is less than his, GO
back aud see who it is that has not
paid the tax" And next year the
produce of the tax increased greatly,
for they feared that the Rsiah might
kill those who a second time kept
back the right tribute. Aud so the
Raiah became very rich, and in
creased the number OF bis soldiers,
and gave golden jewels 10 his wives,
and bought fine black horses from
the white.skinned Hollanders, and
made great feasts when his children
were born or were married; and none
OF the Rsjahs or 6ultans among the
Malays were so great OF 90 powerful
as the Rsish of Lombock.
And the twelve sacred kTisses had
great virtue. And when any sickness
appeared in a village one OF them was
sent for; and sometimes the sickness
went away, and then the sacred kris
was taken back agsin with great |
honor, and the head-men of the vii
lage came to tell the Rsiah of its
miraculous power, and to thank him. |
And sometimes the sickness would
not go away; and then every body |
was convinced there had been mis- |
take in the number OF needles sent |
from the village, and therefore the |
SACRED kris had no effect, and had to |
be taken back again By the head |