Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-23

in sky, come down ladder. Siwashes all
glad see him. Siwash heart beat fast.
Bimby come plenty fish in rivers. Speow
make pice long warm days for hunt. He
plant trees everywhere, now grow big.
Speow very good man. All smart like fox.
THE ROUND HORIZON.
Once the sun disappeared and the earth
was SO dark Indians could not see each
other. Evidently the sky had fallen on
them, bnt one of their wise men drove four
posts at earth's corners, raised the sky and
let the sun in. 1t disappeared again and
all the people laughed at their leader.
Another wise man drove row of posts in
circle and very big one in the center.
When the sun returned he fastened 1t In
by pulling up the outer posts, and there
the sun stayed till Indians removed to
warmer climes.
A professed critic said: "Well, that's
the silliest yarn man ever heard" Wonder
how that yarn of Joshua stopping the
whole solar system strikes him for sense !?
For centuries European races denied what
are to-day commonly known astronomical
truths. In the seventh century Lam
tantius published a book entitled
" Christian Geography" as argument
against growing belief in the worlds
spherical shape. In it, he says: "The
world is an oblong plain requiring four
hundred days to pass from east to west, and
half as much from north to south. Heaven
is above the sky, tempered with huge
bodies Of ice lest it take fire. He'll is un-
der earth. The plain tips little from
the north, hence all rivers run south, ex-
cept the Nile, which having to run up
hill has a slow current. Indeed, if earth
is round, how can those people who hang
head downward on the other side know
when the Day of Judgment comes, since it
is impossible for them to see our Lord de
scending through the air?'
Any true critic will admit that every
civilized race has outgrown a legendary
period corresponding to childhood. 1t is
not SO long since Americans hung our own
citizens for witchcraft.
MRS. MARS MANEUvER.
In Snohomish river valley, Washing
ton Territory, is situated Snoqualmie plain.
a twisted mass of white rock covers CEN
tral acre and is full of holes and caves in
which winds make mysterious noises. The
rock reaches 200 feet high and is favor
ite resort of Indians. Around the plain
are low green mountains, one of which has
a bare red side outlining human form,
and thereby hangs this tale:
sNoQUALMIE
Is the moon spirit, and very beautiful.
Her husband is the red star Mars Their
son dumas companion starr was stolen by
sky gypsies (meteors) His mother de-
cided to hunt for him on earth, so she
wove rope Of her long white hair (moon-
beams), tied it to corner of the new
moon and slid down. The Siwashes would
hold onto the rope and swing themselves,
but always tied it up when through so
that it might stay uninjured. One day a
stranger neglected the knot At night
a mouse ran up, and gnawed it partly loose
from the crescent. Next morning vener-
able old Siwash came to swing. All his
tribe stood by to give him good push.
He swung five miles across the plains,
bumped himself dead against mountain,
and there you can see where he struck
The rope fell down in a heap and hardened
into a rock. Snoquelmie found her son
among the sea women (mermaids), took
him home on red cloud, gave him the
north star to live in, seven lonely sisters
(the big dipper) for his wives, so now he
stays at home and their children are the
milky way. CAROL GROUSE.