The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-12
MY SUPERNATURAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
SOME TRUE STORIES OF STRANGE EVENTS.


cool it. This gave a clue to the mystery.
The clouds were masses OF vapor, nov
only concealed, but frozen int solid Jumps;
the rain was ~ieicles, depending down
wards until thsY REACHED the earthe The
clouds were suspended about a qua, ter of a
mile above the earth's surface, they were
held there, according to Trat. by ropes pro-
vided by a certain god named In but we
took the liberty to think that the atttao-
! tion of the moons might have something to
do with it: and that the cold under surface
of the moons might account for the treez,
ing of the clouds, which. again. were formed
by the vast volumes OF vapor drawn up from
the boiling lakes and rivers by the heat OF
the sun.
This must suffice for the meteorological
phenomena of lingo. Tfat has incidentally
articles of diet, and the question arose as to
how vegetables could grow out OF q golden
soil. Here we fancied we had caught our
visitor mapping; but it was not so. The ex-
PLANTATION was very obvious, once we on-
tanned it. All this dead Of lingo were laid
in one region, beneath the shade of 4 vast
forest. The Wondering bodies have formed
a rich loan, of great depth and extent, IN
which all agricultural processes were car
ried on ! speak of this as an illustration
of how Trait would completely puzzle us
one day, and, or the next, enllghten us by
q reference to principles already laid down
We investigated the religious and social
curtoms of lingo. The priestly office is
hereditary in some families. Religious OBJ
servances take place once a week; a speoles
of deer is sacrificed, and the sacrifices are
eaten by the priests. The priests never adj
dress the people on religious topics, but
they perform the ceremony of marriage, and
see that the laws are observed. These laws
are six in number, as follows: L. Don't XIII.
.. Don't steal. 3. Don't cheat a lie.
4. Don't look over the edge. 5. Don't be
a coward. 6. Learn to fight. This is the
law and the prophets. They were gwen by
1.-The God who came" and took the place
of former and somewhat similar laws
which had been forgotten.
Here are the popular traditions. or folk
lore, concerning the origin of things. Once
a lion was looking for gore and he saw q
deer jump out of a bush and run way.
He ran after. and saw it jump over the
edge. He was SO angry that he Jumped
over into the sky and burnt up into the
a rabbit ate a certain sort of leaves, and
was just going to die, when a lobster came
up and said: IF you consent to become a
man, l will cure you" Said the rabbit:
II will" And the lobster gave him a coal
to eat, and he was a man. A tres once Tell
down and was grooming over its mifsor-
tune when up came a deer and said: "lf
you will let me eat your leaves, l will turn
you into a woman" And he die. repro
duce, in these legends, Traits exact Ian
guage. 1t is interesting to know that
''Brer Rabbit" is the proto:ye of man
at least in lingo.
But | am at the end of my space, and
only at the beginning of the marvels of
lingo. Wars are waged only on the ques-
tion of craftsmanship; the tallest man in the
nation is made chief (Fing), and if there
are two of equal height, there must be
war. Three thousand warriors are chosen
on each side; after a certain number Ode
termined before HANDY have been slain,
hostilities cease; that party which has the
most dead is defeated. There are no regu-
lar schools, in lingo; but the children are
taught how to fight, and how to build; thsy
are made to obey their elders, and. if they
rebel, are whipped with rods. No family
distinctions are handed down, except in the
case of the priests. There are no family
names, and hence no hereditary a%ristoc-
racy. Every man and woman has his or
her W name, and all names are of one
syllable, and end with it.
Here are a few fragments of the lingo
language, The verbs do not vary their end
ings, and past and future lenses are OBJ
explanatory clause, e. G. II will strike is
rendered II strike hereefter;' 81 heard" by
81 hear before" and 50 on. Gtd (the gem
special gods, In "Tiler,'' ''Bo.'' Tin
"" i FIJI" :Besutiful' is BRAT "well'
is Fit" Time is Mock" sun is
''Dii." Moon is "Sin." Eyes is "Funn."
NO is ''Tinn," "And' is "Kli,""I'' my
self is az" YOU is Bib He" Is
Din" "They" is 'Du." 80 love- is
"Criey.'' $50 strike is 'Flu," "To see' is
BAN "To rub is "Ug,""Io be- is 'Ji,"
II love- is "U criey," You strlke' is BIB
Flu He sees'' is Din Ban They are"
is "Du Ji," "They rub ears (the usual form
of greeting in Zingo) is "Du ug tin" Are
you well?" is "Ji bib fit?" and so on indef-
%initely. There are but three numerals.
Trat made drawings of every object on
his planet, including a portrait of himself
and of his latest wife, with three eyes, three
arms, and other terrific features. He re-
manned with US many weeks, and was as Gu
rious to learn the details of our world as
we were to learn of his. BY means of a 81
dereal map, and much cross-questioning
we finally identified lingo as the star Misa
in the handle Of the Dipper, and Trait said
that our solar system was known in Zingc
by the name of 'Gopipop."
surely hat is a desirable %plaything tina
can help US to a knowledge of the nature
and customs of another planet. 1t was b
means of planchette that Trait communi
Gated with us. Why do not others take u
the investigation?
Copvr;oht