New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-10
TIE AMERICAN PARADISE LOST.
A Legend Of the Indian Adam and Eve
Of kackinac Island.

A Legend Of the Indian Adam and Eve
Of kackinac Island.
The great conelike rock that stands
on the island of Mackinac and is to the
civilized whites only q '.sugar-loaf, q
tid-bit for baby men and women, as it
were, was to the savage the bone OF
Gitchie Manitou.
In it is q cave, and it was there that
he dwelt, and from that sacred cham
Der, unseen, he communicated his will
to his forest children.
The wonderful arch of stone on the
edge of the island wall, short distance
away, which has never been to the
whites anything more than .'arch-rock, y
was to the Indian the gateway of the
morning. Through it the rising god of
light shed his first beams upon the
sacred island, and under it Manitou
scaled the precipitous wall when he
came to repose and rest in his chosen
earthly home.
Here it was that, to have companions
in his idle hours, he created Adam and
Eve q use our old names, which mean
the same as the Indian names) in his
own image, and immortal, like him
self. Having created them he loved
them, and passed so much time with
them on the island that an angel in
high place in the heavenly home of
Manitou followed him, once, to discover
what kept him SO much away from
Heaven. When the angel saw Eve he
fell in love with her, and straightway
set to work to obtain her for himself.
Once when Manitou had returned from
q long absence, the angel came to the
island and told Adam that Manitou had
sent him there to take care of the place
and that he (Adam) for the sin of low
ing his companion, was banished for
ever from the garden, and that if he
ever returned to it he should be put to
death, and his earthly Immortality
would become an Immortality of woe
in the land of spirits. Eve listening
heard, and with the quick intuition that
has ever marked her sex, looking into
the face of the angel, discerned his mo-
tive, and, rushing into Adams arms,
became insensible. At the rough COM
mand of the angel Adam laid Eve
gently down. imparting as he did 50 a
last kiss upon her unconscious lips, and,
turning, followed to the shore, where at
the foot of the slope at the southern
part of the island they found canoe.
With breaking heart and dismal moan
Adam took his place, the angel pushing
the vessel from the beach, and hurried
back to the fainting mortal on the up
land.
EVE AND THE DEVIL.
He found her recovered from the
shock. She demanded to know what
be had done with her lover. s'He is
gone, and hence you are to be compan-
ion of mine, and together we will dwell
forever here in an Immortality of earth
ly bliss" Il hate you!' How natural
that sounds even yet. II hate you, and
sooner than spend one hour with YOU
here, where ! have been so happy with
my love; where together we have wor-
SHIPPED the infinite goodness of Great
Manit6u, who gave US life and hearts
to love I will dash myself to pieces
from yonder rockr' She darted to-
ward the bold pinnacle known as
Lovers Leap in those days, and be-
fore he could reach her she flung her.
self into the lake. Adam, slowly
padding along the shore, through his
streaming tears saw her sweep down
swift and bright like a morning star,
and, rousing himself, with one mighty
stroke of his arm, was upon the spot
where the shaken water marked her
disappearance, and as she rose above
the surface lifted her into his canoe
alive, but disturbed and fearful BY the
awful peril she had undergone. 20,
Adam, my soul, for love of thee would
have leaped to other worlds! But now
we are free from the terrors of yonder
devil, for such heis, and must be known
as such by the Great Manitou when he
discovers what has been done, and I
care not what fate befalls us so only
that we shall be parted no more. 1
love you and without you life is but
.orment. He who made us to love il
good. He cannot deem it wrong if we
feel the quick sense of joy with which
he has endowed us. But still if We
have committed a crime am content,
for the time must come when this strong
love which throbs in our hearts,
strengthening through the coming ages
in the breasts of our offspring, as il
will, shall conquer evil and i'll, and
widen the beautiful Island of Paradise
until it holds upon its nurturing breast,
in the sweet mild skies of eternal sum.
mer, the whole wide world! Let u.
trust the Gitchie Manitou, let us love
each other, and all shall be well.''
When ManitOu discovered the con.
duct of his trusted angel he dismissed
him from his presence. The sullen Lu
offer then threw away his mask and re.
belled. Hence the war in Heaven and
the ultimate defeat and eternal fall OF
the evil-minded angel who has ever
since borne the name of "devil'' as it
was bestowed ION him by the brave
and peerless Eve.
Manitou found his children and re-
stored them to their home upon the
island where they lived many, many
years and reared many good and
beautiful children, who went abroad
and peopled the whole world, and the
island is still a. Paradise. Cor. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
Americans in Mexico.
The Mexicans have others reasons
than their pride for extreme reserve
toward forei gners, and especially,-Ire re-
greet to add-toward Americans. have
had occasion many times to blush for
my country, or rather for the conduct
of some of her representatives here.