The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-02

of course stripping the horses of saddles and
world not be thought of. The men would have
to swim and carry their ammunition above the ir
heads but this was OF done in the present IN
stance, stern necessity railing lot for the trouble
of getting the kit in proper condition again would
be very considerable.
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| MOUNT TAMALPAIs-H. G. W., Belvedere,
| Marin County. CAL The socalled Indian le-
| gends of the State Of California are as nnmer-
Gus as flies around sugar cask In warm
weather, but at least 81 per cent of these are
| the wild imaginings of space-writers who
| evolved facts ''out of cloud OF smoke from a
pipe Of strong. smelling tobacco" 1t Is we'll
| known fact that the writer's Of early history of
! the State who gathered their material
from the pioneer Californians and those
who Inhabited the missions long before the
American flag was raised at Monterey
| declare that the Indians were not OF the class
that INDUCED in legends. for the reason thai
| they were TOO lazy TO think out such. or, II
| they ever heard anything like legend. they
| were too brain.we2k 10 remember IL and
transmit il to their children for transmission
10 theirs descendant of one OF the first
| families of the state tells story which he says
| was told him by his father who had heard il
| from the lips Of his fathers grandfather. II
was that In the long ago there was tribe OF
| Indians In the country between Iamales Bay
| and Cape Mendoclno, in which the squaws
| ruled supreme, and were called Amazons. The
| women he said, were stout and well built, and
| for Indians, goOd-loOking. They frequently
| engaged In wars, and at one time their terri
| tory was invaded by white men-pGssibly some
| OF the Russians who settled In what Is now