Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-15

Ezfe5H ElEe~ IL III WV AAah AAAAAN
~ ErSssSA since that mysteri.
Z ARnDR ons body Of water
49, eco began to swallow
MW * up those VIII
tempted It. The
A. a that OF Mathew u. Dawson,
.bew Of Fillmore OF the Southern
4 s,lse company AT Cheyenne,
M Indians herenbout are intensely
sea and at first would not believe
when the fact was proved 20 them
W became uwes,rlelSen aud have not
4 recovered from their wonder. They
n ,hat The fact of tile lake having
~ 10 i,s dead indicates that there
n !. isen great upheaval-a reyolu.
n y or something OF that sort among
\ 4. movers II that world peopied with
u s,sand demons aud fairies, aud
genea IS spirits and devils,in which
n Indians 80 implicitly believe.
ia cavern al the bottom % the mys-
n ,l,as lake lives the woman with the
v ,wnts head, whose name Is never
\ s5sen. Tor all the nevis aud lizards
Il IA saakes are her spies and who
q walks her name she will slay.
IS ne recovery % Dawaon's body has
Il s,rd great interest In the legend,
y q brlbes without number have been
n s,sed the Indians % tell the name %
n water devil. bat they will not Tor
n he whisky and tobacco that can be
4 svsd 10 tell IL Even one 81 the
n - who has become civilized aud
y m taxes on 4 handsome farm would
n reveal the name lie says lie has
& lsar q the woman and has no faith
n he legend. bat declares he las for.
Il ira The name.
n Iaoagh they may only speak % this
n at devil a. "thc Womau. there
10 ~ 70 their telling ~ her powers
n exploits. II seems that she il
r proud % hsy power and wants
TaAssn,urrs told that. people may
III htr The more.
st has b~rn seen o. yea. two In.
is aayr Used long enough 70 tell *
siier ,heig eyes brhrld, bat theirs Is
10 Indian now ia all Wyoming
s uunld darr seek her
s.sasge 10 say, though, the woman
H.h maiiguan, power, the Indians
"a rejoice At her overthrow. az in.
sisa by the dead Dawsau coming
= from her domain beneath iSs
Mgbe they fear that ,his upheaycl
tn change u all existing things.
asss Gods and demons do not die.
laeg arc very uneasy ovcr the mat.
# The medicine men have hardly
vi ihciF turauiatlons since the 10.
q The neither Ca,aciyhm has ap,
-
Z he middle % the lake the depth
uerer been sounded. and n great
80 bubbles up there. aud though
nssuus attempts have been made
b saa has never reached bottom.
q ne indians say tie buhblinR IN the
AVE q the lake il the woman's
De iAing How she came there no,
n knows. but tho Indians say tina,
III The white men came ta wyom.
II At eapiiyes taken by other tribes
thrown into the lake 20 her.
IL 'Ppean ,hal she IL looking
Tl lover She takes all the men
IN mmc her way. and when she Finds
- not among them shc makes
her slaves II this Il true sht
ROW rule over an army OF retain
% unnumhrrcd men Indians and
s-hate gone 20 her Forty year,
'as Old men 81 the tribes sat. over
Nafcd emigrauts. with their horse,
q Teams. were driven ont mn IL,
2 'he Indians and kept there Until
" thaWci and let them through
fpeni woman got them ali.
.a'en arc her favorite prey. foi
0aa'lion SAYS the lover was a hun
I'll ne 'empis 20 the middle 81 81,
Is y magnificent red swan. which
IN aulterinR just beyond punshot
Z iures them within her power
- Thing about this great rcd
taat u is most desirable bird
n = one that killslt will become III,
o. all sorts Of power.
IN many heroes Of the Cicycnnnci
d aun'ed the red swan, but the birt
@Ver been taken.
We two Indians who have seen In,
81 WI sy-jrV1