The Progress., 1888-02-04

were being laid away in trees af-
ter being wrapped up in mats hnd
it became apparent to Him that
this deep distress and sorrow was
caused by disease and death, and
which threatened to annihGate
them unless He made some prpyi-
sion looking to their salvation
After considering for some time
as to what would be best for The
Indians, the Great Spirit called
four Of the leading spirits fromthe
different layers Of the Earth to.
consult with them, after He had
Imported to these s pirits II is
plans, He was at a loss in wha,
manner to convey them to the In
dians on the big Earth, as his
message was Of too much import.
ance to convey it to them in their
dreams, it was finally decided that
the services Of the spirit Of the
Sun should be called for this pur-
pose, and message to this effect
was sent him in which he was di-
rected to come on the big Earth
and to be conceived and born of a
certain woman. In the course Of
time the child was born, and it
was a boy. After this child had
become several years Of age he
accompanied a hunting expedition;
during this trip a child died in a
village near by, and it's parents
who were reluctant about laying
it's body away, resolved to take it
back to their village. The Sun
spirits son was playing around
fire when his supposed father ap-
preached him and the child look
ing up said: ''My father, | pity
my people, = the latter replied say
ing, my son, we all pity Them
the child spoke again saying.
my father, shall give the child
who is dead new life.'' His "a
ther rebuked him for saying this
but the boy insisted that he would,
If his directions were followed,
bring the child to life. my fa-
ther' he said, you call all the.
old and wise men Of the tribe af-
ter you have erected a large lodge
Of sufficient size to accommodate.
them, and place the body of the
dead child in the centre Of the
lodge. But you must be sure to
build the lodge SO that the en-
trance will be facing the East.
After you have done as [ have di-
rected, all the men that will be
inside Of the lodge must smoke
their pipes Having given these
directions the boy disappeared
from the village, but his directions
were followed implicitly. And
while the wise men were sitting in
in the large lodge, strange noises
were heard in an Easterly direc-
tion, acd the wise men looking
that way saw large bear ap-
proaching and when it had reached
the entrance of the lodge assumed
the form Of a boy, and behold it
was the boy who had directed the
big lodge to be built. Upon en-
tering the lodge he ran around to
the left side Of the lodge exclaim-
ing "whe, whe, whe, whe, at
every step. In his hands he held
q Meda-we-yaun ( medicine sack),
and when he had made complete
circle Of the lodge he stopped and
making a motion towards the body
Of the dead child with the Media.
we.yun which he held in his hands,
he exclaimed, Whay, ho, no, ho!!''
The child's body quivered and af-
ter this had been repeated the
fourth time the dead child came
to life. The boy then took the
child in his arms and placed it in
those Of his own father saying,
my father, give this child to It's
parents and this his father done.
Then the boy said: my. friends,
/ am not one Of You, / am the Sun
Spirit, | was sent to teach YOU
how to.attain a new life when YOU
are bout to loose yours. This man
is not my father, / ana a spirit and
can take any form [ wish, I came