The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-15
LEGENDS OF HAUNTEo HILL.


Traditions of Love and IIa.e That Are
Flo-Sing Around Among the Indians.
Haunted hill, in Frazier, on the road
from Srringviilc ito Pottcrviilc, is an
odd-loolzing mound which is wrapped
up il the mysteries of several Indian
legends, says the Tulare (Cal.) Times.
Some of the traditions were told to US
in 1874, when we first visited this re-
gion, and ever since we have endeav-
ored to learn the true stories. The In
dians are scattered and their legends
arc difficult to obtain; those possessed
of intelligence will not or do not care
to talk. But from white men living
here many years ago, and who learned
to speak in the Indian Language, VIC
have gathered the partial narrative of
the legends of Haunted hill, known in
the Indian tongue as '.Wailing noun
tain
Two legends are. told-one tale of
Indian love and jealousy, the other the
story of q dreadful and fatal battle be-
tween the Tule river Indians and their
enemies, the Mexicans residing near
San Diego, in this state.
Regarding the first tradition but
scantY details can be obtained. 1t is
probable the older of the legends and
the time of its origin dates back ages
ago, and it has been handed down from
parent to child among the Tularc In
dians for hundreds of years. This
much only can be learned: a tribe liv-
ing on the banks of the Tule cast of the
hill gave origin to the legend. Among
some members of the tribe 4 bitter
Jealousy arose, having love for a
source. a faction having won the af-
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solved on saac,;:;.iTrjr revenge. Abiding
time and waitln an unguarled hour,
they pursued ta.s:,e women to che top
of Wailiag lao-,@tain a1l murdered
them Eycry E:E3l:, the Indian, aver,
the ground on t.i> summit opens and
the six women appear, OILY to vanish
instantly. Since ;..cn no Indian will
visit the hill 1T night.
The other legend is perhaps the more
authentic; it is the one sadly told by
the few surviving members of the once
and numerous Tulare In
diaus. In brief, it is this: The Mexi-
cans from southern California were
wont to make raids into this valley and
drive away the ponies of the Indians.
Armed with superior weapons, they
could defy the Indians. Driven to des-
pcration, the natives resolved to offer
battle, and, if possible, drive the ma
raudcrs from the valley, otherwise to
crush them. Learning this, the MeXi-
cans came in larger numbers, prepared
for the trial of strength. The opposing
forces met in the valley at the base of
the hill. The Indians, terrified at the
Mexican weapons and the slaughter
among their numbers, fed to the top of
the Hill. There, crouching behind the
many rock lodges, they made last des-
pcratc but Intellectual stand. Soon the
McXicaas gained the crest, when disor-
1er again prevailed araong the Indians,
Iargc numbers falling at each volley
from their enemy. Only the more cow
ardly escaped, the real warriors dying
amid the rock piles, for no quarter was
asked or given. It is told that five hun
lred Indians perished that day at the
base and on the summit of this hill,
which ever since is known to the Indi-
ans as the ''Wailing mountain" Pass
uG the hill at night the Indians say
HAT thc pitcous wailing of the slain can
DC distinctly heard, hence its name and
IS dread to all aborigincs of the Tulare |
;alley