Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-10
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fshal ruAed over ali. In those days
here wsge no Wars, and man did not
hats and kill his brother man. nelfher
did the tszribse Spirit Of Winter send
kis slave tie Frost 70 hold the leaves
and grass prisoners for as many Enooas
a. be does noE. The Zoe did not then
prison the mighty Yukon, and IN its
veFdant valley grew tue green grass and
Bloousd tiie bffght f0Wefs There On
the hills rllaussd vast herds OF moose
and deer, and the streams and lakes
we're filed with salmon. On the shores
eo1ld be Hsen - many BIRDS 80 there
are leaves ON ths trees Then the child
rem Of earth we're happy; their canoes
vent gliding over the water from Island
to Island, aud the laughter and songs OF
merry hearts vas heard IN all the land.
The home of Yehal was a village 81
the foot Of the mighty mountain klis-
guam HeEts tbs rain never fell, the san
never st, the flowers never faded, aAd
the leaves never wifhsFea. Shelstsh OF
every kind were found on the shore, and
the hunter never returned from the
mountain without deer, nor the canoe
of the fisherman 20 the shore untitled.
On the naoslnsaiz sises grew sweet ber-
ries that we're always ripe; the songs Of
birds v&s heard continually, and the
waters laughed In glee o. they rushed
10 spoTtiye race over the CLASSY rocks
down the mountain sida, and through
the moonsof ages the Great Spirit smiled
upon the happy children Of earth
Bot theirs were some Who locked upon
them with hate and longed 10 destroy
them. These were the spirits of dark
ness and Of evil. and their slaves OF
storm and Frost, who hated every one
that was happy and good, and they
made manv plans 20 send suffering, sOF-
row and death into she world. and
waited patiently for the time to come
when they could do all these cruel, wick
ed things.
One day the Spirit Of Evil said to the
Spirit Of Darkness:
81 heard tbs spirit of the Winds
whisper to the Spirit Of Water, thai the
daughter Of the Spirit Of Light was TO
be sent TO earth TO rule the people and
TO guard thsm from the spirit Of Evil
and his slave Pestilenoe, and that she
ives 10 be brought while asleep and LAID
on the beach of kiinqnaR."
And when the Spirit Of Darkness heard
this he relslcsd and said:
I'VE will cause them TO hate her and
then they will seorn Der, and then the
Spirit Of Light will drive them from
KlinquAn, ard then famine and cold
will help Us 10 destroy them"
And soone morning q fisherman found
the beautiful maiden asleep on the shore
and carried her 10 the lodge Of Yehal.
All the villagers came and gszed upon
she maiden. 20 fair and different from
themselves. Her eyes we're as blue as
the sky above and her hair was as golden
as the sunbeam that rests on the wave
at evening, and her voice was as soft
and low 81 the breeze that whispers
through the eedars. She became the
sdopfed daughter Of Yehal, and Vas 10
tie people Spirit Of Mercy. When
any one was sick she sought for healing
herbs on the mountain side; and when
the shamfn (medicina mani could not
heal the sick, the fair-faced daughter Of
the spirits would come, and In the glow
Of her presence the sickness would vaR-
ish and the ailing one become strong
and veil.
Many days came and went, and Yehal
grew very old and could not rale them.
Then they made the spirit maiden queen
of the earth and ruler of the people,
and her fame went TO far OF islands,
and all the nation loved the gentle
queen thai ruled them 30 wisely and so
we'll.
In the nation were two shamins, the
shamin of the raven and the shamin OF
the otter. The shamin OF the raven
eommuned with the spirits Of air, but
the shamin OF the otter with those of
earth. He Of the raven was young and
be Of the otter old; the latter was In
league with the spirits Of darkness and
evil. and hated the young queen and
asked the Spirit OF svil to send death
aud hate and fear into the world, az&
the spirit OF evil did 30.
And 30 one day the great Yehal lay
dead In HE lodge, and the Spirit of Grief
said 10 the Spirit of Death:
Why did you remove the great chief
fair home Of his ohoice?s
Spirit Of Grief:
and nearomarlcy, has done this deed,
Death to carry away the life OF our
the hearts OF our people,
And the day that Yehars body was
dressed in his finest ro,,ss and laid in
his canoe, and the eaao0 placed on tie
funeral pyre, the people gathered from
all the islands; and when the shanain
lit the pyre and the rsd-fobed flames
were seethiug and writhing arouad the
boay Of tbs ersat chief, B cloud sent BY
the Spirit of Darkness ysiled the face OF
be sun; aud a. the world had never be-
fore been dsFienad, the spirit Of fear
ssized upon the hearts Of the people,
and Ia the gloom the Spirit OF Hate went
around among them and whispered Bit
Ter words aQairet the young queea.
The next day the sun slione as grsndly
a. II death. hate or sorrow had never
visited the world, but It's rays brought
no giadnesa tci the children Of earth.
The spirits Of hate and fear we're 10
their bosoras. and the once loved queen
vas the hsied Of ell, and nov they only
spoke Of how abe eoald be destroyed.
80 the cid men Of the tribe sent the
shAmins into the mountains 30 fast and
- beseeeh the spirits 10 remove the
gentle queen.
fhsn the Spirit Of Hats changed him
self into an ottsf and soneht the elder
shsmin and said:
@Ths queen " witch, and, IL she IL
not DESTROYED, will can@l tne death OF
al the people, and then the spirits Of
darkness vii liva In the LODGE and the
canoes will rot on the shore, and the
name II the nation fade frem the h.
gends of the earth and the spirits Of evil
will dance around eur funeral pyres.n
Then the shamin retained % the VII
lA0e. and ufhen at night The elders Of
the trihe met 10 council he told them
The werds Of shN otter and said:
= She must die. and diA q lingering,
painful death. that the shades % the
mnFdered Xehal nsay rest In quiet IN che
land Of the HEREAFTER and know that his
Peopie loved hius. and By torture 1T Gre
ssns the visoA aRsen 70 Be his slave
fufegaE.n
The young shRmin, affair fasting 10
he Forrest met the bear and said 10
him:
Soa Of The ineuntain, fearless and
brave dveiler in The Wild weed. l seek
fof wisdom. | have sonsIht The otter.
bas ! have fs.und him not. Nca tell me
ehefe ! shall aud my father shamiu.
the uiss ehalnin that has lived forever:
the shamin that Vas brfiRs the wosla
and the snssnin ssAaE shall live forever,
only changing to sanl. when The old
llo<iy thai eankains 4 gross weak. into
sszne vigorous lifs thai II shall leave
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