Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-30

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ing showers of stone and sand, tearing
away the forests, filling the valleys, lev
cling and burying the cities. Great AT
sank beneath the sea. the bridge was de-
stroyed forever. and the people persisted
from the face of the earth.
1.-The legends differ, even in our fam
fly tales some tell of two who survived
in their canoe, others on the back of the
turtle but the common Atzlan tale. the
one we tell the children, is nearer the
truth. 1t says that the people first came
from cave III u mountain. where they
were entombed when they fled with cat
tie and other animals. There was but n
dim light, lasting only few hours each
day, hut there were two blind men who
cheered the dull hours with flute play
ing.
lone of these struck the roof by
chance with his flute, bringing out
hollow sound. upon which the elders of
the tribe determined to bore i'll that d.
rection. The flute was set up against
the roof. and the racCoon sent up the
tube to dig way out, but he could not
Then the earthworm mounted and bored
until he found himself on the outside of
the mountain surrounded by water; this
water soon flowed off, leaving only mud.
The worm returned to the cave, and the
raccoon went up into the mud, sinking
into it midleg deep, as the marks on his
fur show to this day.
1.-The mud dried away, and the animals
began coming up from the cave. This
took several days; then came the men.
When they were under ground they
spoke one tongue, but when they came
forth they had many languages. The
earth was then very small; the light
was as scanty as it had been below;
there was no heaven. no sun, no stars.
So council was held and a committee
appointed to make these. They made
the heavens and set the stars in patterns
OF bears birds and such things, but u
wolf rushed in and scattered them about
as they now lie. This is the legend, said
lklapel, land it conceals the truth in its
mythical language.
AS | have said, mankind took refuge
in caverns, but they We're all. according
to our records, destroyed with the ex-
ception of two. Some lived to see the
earth swept with water and covered
many feet deep with mud and then with
ice. They had no food and they de-
vonred each other until they We're extcr-
minated.
Pint far. far in the south. where the
fire and stony rain and the floods yero
loss severe thera survived two naonle
whi.n man ,nd - red woman In - canoo
thov co,u. here from the sea and tbev
Inilr new. cities and ,,o,,uIoted +ha eartb
But if fo,l, many ares 10 dn this and
,ha ,cn,,la b.,D formntt.n their ORIGIN
but os th., had existed il, darkness fo,. So
lone when ,he SIM returned they vor-
sbinnd il and have continued tn do 50
ever since. and have made the seroeut
their God OF evil since that dav when
filled with terror. They SAW the SIM swal-
lowed M"
"Not only = SINGLE rinodom WAS de-
stroved hut b,lf the word " continued
the ,rie,t IAN mankind was believed
to have been ,wepf AWAY in the dire
cotastrophe and altbougl, wa know tba+
sn,nr were sr1,.d the>- ,vero lnft dA.ti.
tut4 and wrrtched hrco,nin,, s,v,g..
and cannibol. ere thov ros, "a tbei,. fnr-
mer stale.
..H,yvovn,." continued uyIonaI ",h.
destruction of fhn CITY nf Atiantis or.
cnrr.d .n \ ror;nd when ,nonl,ind b,l
arrived at q stota of great leorniny and
civilization for we know that tho most
woudrou. cities than stood on fine shore.
of tln western, ocean tu which rano
GREAT shin. from far nv,v toward tho
settin,, SIM from distant Islands t,l.in,,
nonv mouths f,r ,b.ir ,.,,.o.,a. .,,5
brin1ino rare and curious treo.,,,,a.
from another race If was tho neonla
,f the far .outb vho waro .n,r.d .md
tho, .,radraIIv came rortlyv.rd av,.,,d
i,y tbai,. settlement. ,I.,,o ,Lo ,,,.,.'.
rivers hnil1ino monnds in Unitarian nf
tha .,,,.d ,it,,,
"rvc seen Them. - iut.rrnnted C;;1bert
..aud thav arr. the eonrra df n,,,.h A..
cus,ion among onr learned mon
..Tb.v still avist them" inonirod I'LL,
mol ,rd continued. ..Tbesa ,,o,,,,l,, ,,.,,,,,
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