Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10
GODS OF THE WEST
4 NEUROLOGY Mere Poetic Than
That Of the Greeks.
supERsIlrloss or SAyaIos
The Great tfes~ Throaxh which the
Oth<r World l. ysssDlr---Iiie
and ,aad Paintings

IN. coat ~ Ans q she Indian GODS
Is . ~1shsnz SPIRAL n n dr.~n Wit,
l>r<s. tytt~f enss ~ rvpre-rns la "a
sraly cual the trail q the wind. its
syuznuzzszn - h xrp~> fnso ths whirl-
wsaA |. shs douisle bsllcsn line This
r-mt<4 wi>h the Sasa,os and other
ar1bss = inp<-~~ed On the paisaar ~
n>-cs Of the terminal Joint Of every
human enxsr tlp. tke myth b~inx hat
Ma v]z.d s<od. when be bresthsd
into man he breath - life. went Ia q,
rhs u-s~sh sd os1ss oss a. shs ,.s- II
ME ftnxers leaving on them tt~ trail
IN ttssr fine. waving ane>. whose
Ewixartry told tn sho~> unglfng tips the
rusA 81 ths cu-1~eut II u the trail Il
sths wtr<t IA she dngertips that pro-
<sar<zs cha.t electric glow scrUss the fors,-
lead when the an4fs Of the fingers are
<fraun raz,ltfy over IL. a vel ~ The
Kindred pl.eaouiena 4 spiris rapping.
4zAla turulnz. e. The name OF thu
,ccllet sorBcn4 among the >avafcs .
.Ntyol fiithin. the trail - tho wind Il
4. ths-ref.rrc. a prime trail of the In
<sssn g. -Arp wfsh the wint. and wake
S~fth tl.e wind. knuWinz thas its cur
r~nt ~ ways takes tho sa12e course. and
MAJ. H.. the fnies. when the wind go,-s
onf the eurrent u emotion runs low Ard
,he death rats runs high. but that when
1hs tr.Al * Tho wind cr3:nes in II - felt
clean - the angrrsips " the electric
,sxcitelnent ~ WITNESSED ether with
lWhicn TIA Leysien u every human be-
,in9 - charged Il 3. for the Same RIA
sou. * you watch The phenomena care.
fully. thax the eyebaiss u a "a, rise and
fan with tho c,sninx Ia ard going OUT
of tac ts,s
Tho traditions II olympus fade into
frrunnrts.l irsigni6canco before the In
dian nytlology q he American conti-
neat It's congress q natsonaiitis,s
grated on an indigenous stock Each
With it, os~n peculiar i1iosyncrasies Of
Language. sialecs. custosn. habit. trait
tribal yr-crnment> belief. etc, far sur
.ra1susos IA its Polgtheistic cult that 81
any other country Ia u, beauty. il va
r4ety. - simplicity. aud specially IN
it, teachings There j. splendid sen
ite,ntiosisness beneath each ayth that Is
lfuii u the very finest practical wisdom.
The Indians are natural linguist s.
They sp~ak "a nature speaks They
have grown ~ among her voices and
the rushing eagle. the lowing water,
the trail a The wind. the twilight OF
blush. The leAfy sheet OF summer. the
.absent-uair.led rssvssris. OF the UNDERGONE
al all tisose natural oblorts are paint
~ Ira their WORKS What wonder. than.
that thess words shoukl take the
very ur~Sa - tho wind and wa.
tors GA their onotnato poiea Let
re trosnblc The fastidious translator OF
tr--eis. Roman or Morse mythology to
fnd Ia AL the cleaning pAlinpsest Of
the oriental pat such crystallized con-
ceutrstsons OF beautiful though. a. Turk
In the occidental pantheon OF tho Indi-
an gods Concentration Is the core Of
Thought IL is In this capital trait that
the occidental savage surpasses the
oriental savAnt- IL coiors All hts unwrit-
ten lterssure. Take The Naval nation
alone 1rc~ce has given names - n
spring of water. Has she anything tha,
approaches ne name ~ the Nava) - FOR
= spring fCobiaakisl. tAc Oae- Eyed Wa
Ger lorl the name f1r thr storm
stiys-tc,,e. D<ilvi. Seyani. ssailacifl
+ Tbs T. Reared Wifhin M Mountains.
l'.Who arr thru or The name of lie
wind 81. TscEainieini- taa
Tlsu.s q REX Crystal tor Tscnahal,l.
tie oresth-f.a.her ~ the dpwrv
pina~. above the fetehing q he great
pinasrd arro.~. 81. ,lleve~d Ia he canes
- the 'isst~1 Vi>ranr ior AcadSiil. the
The Lear i3onnt4in. ia xh.ch stands
snder ihs icwdrops lcaeo bchoyaa.
,fhe Ho'1rs oi Dew for K4c-so-ka sec
fequl. Lone JuDiper sfaniioz between
.oliHs
The Na~ato nation T. stiil race ~
wild. hlsnkstcd Indians They Will
draw up their beautiful hand woven
ibianlseis over their heads II Yen look nj
't;s-sra. ard peek ~ ron srrhly sideways
a. tsey rhiS ~. Sometimes they VII
make 1s-fai farrs as you ard spit a.
yea They sre s'1pcrststions. aud viii
.nrt- a. = srneral rule. allow you - take
ta@ir ~ sres. They think their time