The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-15
AMERICAN PARADISE LOST

The great cone-,ike rock that s,aneis os l the island ct Maekinac and Is so the
 civilized whites only "sugar-loaf" s
 tid-hit fof baby men and women. aS !, were. vas to the savage the heme ol Gitchle Man,,ou.
 1 In u is d cave. and |, was there that he dwelt and from that sacred chamber. un- seen, he communicated h,s wia to h,s forcs, children.
 The wonderful arch of stone on the edge of the island wall. short distance away. which had never been to the whi,es anything more than arch-ro,k." was to the Indian the gateway of the morning Through |, the rising god of light shed his first beams upon the sacred island and under |, Mani,nn scaled the pre-. ,p,. ,ous wall when he came to repose and rest m hts chosen earthly home,
 Here lt was that. to have companions h h,s idle hours, he created Adam and Eve Il use our old names, which mean the same as the Indian namesl iu his own i'm aEc. and immortal. like himself. Having created them he loved them. .and passed so much. time with them on the island ,ha, an angel in high place ,nthe heaven ly home of Msn,ou followed h,m onee, to discover what kcp, him so much away from heaven. When the angel saw I've he fell ,n love with her, and ataightway Se, ,o work to obtain he, iaf himself Once when Man,tcn had returned sitet long absence. the angel came te the island and told Adam tha, Mani,ou had sent h,n ihe,e to take care ci the rlace and that he (Adaml for the sin oi loslns his companion, was han,shed forever ifom the garden, and sha, if hr ever ,e turned ,o t he should be pu, so death. , and his earthly immortality would be come an immortality of wee in the land oi spirits. Ese listening heard. and with the quick intuition that has ever marked her sex, looking into the face of the angel. d,scerned h,s motive. and. rushing into Adam arms, became lnscnsihie. \, the rough command ct the angel Adam laid Eve gently down. impa,tlns as he did so last kiss upon her un- eonseleus hps. and turning. followed to the shore. where al the foot ot the slope a, the sou,hefn point ot the island they foand eanoc. Wuh breaking heat anal dismal moan Adam took his place the angel pushing the vcss~i trem the beach and hurried ha,k Ia the bn,inf mortal an the upland
 He found her tetoeetei from the shock She demanded ,a knaw what he had done ~iih her lover He ls gone and hence you are to hr companion nt mnc, and together VIC vii dsell forever here lH an immortality oi earthly biiss. :" nate Yan iia. natural that sounds even ye, !" hate you. and saanet than sprnd "ns hour with you hete. where have been so happy ~,,h my lose where ioscihei ~e have @nfNhtpcd the ,-6nae ga 1tiur ss et .tcst NaniteH. who gave us lie ts5d heaftN ta love NH dash myself to p,c rs hoei yeadrt fo, k - She datted ,aw fds tbe bald pinnasie ie knasn as q etei.s cap a these Jays. and be. iate he .aald ,ra, l. her she iiung hrtse.t into the lskr Adam slowly paAdune alonr the shore. through his streaming teAts saw her sweep down sSili ansl hnghi hkc a morning star, and rent.ng huuseli ~ilh ane mighly stroke ai the am. wa npon the spot where the shaken water marked her disappearance, and a7 ahc toee above the sariaec iliiei he, into ti- canoe ahve bni dtsiHtbej and teaiftl hy tho awful penl she hsG undergone D. Adam. my spul, fnf love ot ther 1 would have ieaprd tn other worlds iiui nov Wc are free tom inc ietiotA ot yonde, desd for such he is. aud must be known n aueh by the '.reai Nanitau when he dIsroYefs what has been done. and 1 aie mol wba, fate befaila ua so only that SC sbai he parted an more l love you and wi,hol, you te ts bat torment He eho made tia to iose to good. lie can. n"t deem [, wrong f VIC feel Inc auit < sense ai ioy with which He has endosed us. Bat sull II we have committed 4 crime 1 am content. iof the tune mast come when ibls strong love skieh thfoba iu "ut hesfis. strengthening through ,hr coming ayes ln the breasts ot nut on spting. as fl will, shsil eonqaof evil and III, and sIden the brauiitul slsnd oi Paradise uB,I t h0trs gpsu its uuf,unng breast. n tho sweet. mtid skles ot eternal summer the whole @idr world Ct fa uutt tie t.lehte Maniton. let IN love each other. and ali shall be well '
 When Nani,1u diss oqei~d the eondut of his trusted angel h- dsmissed htsn from hs presence. ihr ssli~n I4fClf~f then threw away h,a mask aad iehelI~d iience the psr tu heaven and the ulli. mate dei-a, and eternal f.ll nl the eyll W4h"S9 ahGN @hb haH rTcf kihr t1Ins the name oi " d~til A t was bes,ow~d on nitn by the brave and peerless I've
 Aanton found his ,hilJr.n and fe stored them io their home upon the stand where they lived mant. many years and reared many good and beau,lisIi children. who Ssn, abroad and peoplrd the whole %oiid. ,Bd ihe siAnd .a s,tli a pa,adise
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