The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29

from him. Her house Is in the ground. And
tell him 20 blow his whistle with all his breath.
rut thefe two feathers on his cheeks Just In
Lutchi vent quickly, No ono could travel
and .%pronJci II. sutunui gave the message TO
knhit, who raised his head from nctwecn his
hands slowly and turned toward the south.
ms Olelbls had commanded.
One persnn, Sotchet bcavcrl, who lived Just
south OF KANT. Huoke M nos and said Go
ahead. kahit. | will hurry 10 see my father.
Tumnkus thundorl, and when | come back
mix" 'o'' Ifc ' wa. io H"i u th%t tS p T2ii @oI great
water us mother was Mem l.oimis water
"C!me VIII nc. Mem oimis e said Nohi,
to. SG'chct's mother. when ! start, 70 ahead
n little. ! viii hclr you forward. ''
Dlsibis was watching. and thought "liahit
is ready to start. and Mem loimis Is with him g
9iSlbis made then q chat Ia t9lei- tnn oak
SOtrhrt caught the paddle. made n tail Of IL.
PIT +, on. and went p~lnshing. along through
woman. Noholnit PoEaiia large green frog.
She made u IVA 'kct Of white willow mud flashed
the same place was Soetii Herit now a small
wrb.fouted hirdb, Just ready to move. IN one
band he held n bow and arrows, with the otler
.olelbis saw Gil this. saw aud knew what poo.
pie pie were doing or nrSITr,nT =" DO: .GrGna,
move. Kolii is rcpay. All the people around
Now the great fire was blazing, roaring all
over, the earth. burning rocks. earth. trees,
people. burning cyc"ytnirs.
Mem l.gimis started, and with her Kahit.
Water ruuhcl in through the uI'n place made
by Lutchi when he raised the skv., II rushed
in like II crowd OF rivuis. covered the earth,
nrd put out The fire as 1t rolled Uu toward the
south. There was SO much water outside that
could not come in that it rose "a the top of the
Dlclhis went 10 the top 81 tho sweat house
ana stood locking lowhrd The north. SHla
had come that morning. Take y"ur places
north ."f the sweat house." sald ,ulclbis, and
toward MIN in the water from the north. all
kinds Of people who could, swim. They were
so many that no onG could count them. BE
grHndinothers had said to Oielbis: Go far
ss2uth and get pilok "a tail plant with a strong
"a bimahus ,slingj. lie put his hand to the
stone an inch and a Eaif in diameter. lie put
Ihe stone in, the sling, tied the sling around
his head and kept IL there aiwsys.
watching, ready to throw the stone at some
thing that ,was, coming, in the water. Olelbis
and for this reason was called NoInhlyestawa
uhro"ing west with the left hand,
mountains high. Following closely after Mem
L"irnis came kahit. lie, had a whistle in his
mouth and as he moved forward h. blew it
The whistle was his own; he had had II always.
lie came flying ana blowing. lie Looked like
flew south toward the other side Of the sky. his
two check feathers grew straight out, became
Till they could tnucll the sky on both sides.
While kahit flew on and was blowing his
whistle, old loholmit lay on her basket. toated
s 81 1T nlfN III" III !hG Gd great waves an" laughed and
Hoy glad my, aunt + 70 see water; hear
bel, woman aud. Mem mosmuimit water
b l%s' as w2nnan alne IS sea Cad al to n see " Watcr S"'" o'ei'
s,Yoho!mit was laughing and shouting she
time: BE deep 20 that can float and float.
Olelbis was watching everything closely.
was behind old Yoh9l nit.
swimming said Olelbis. When mountains of
water were coming near swiftly. oleibis said to
+ t two f% tiEttHsKFiu n,ihie Hertz and Tede Vim
lis Sling; Wien yoh"lmi! was 'comi9s near
He did not wish to hit her. He hit the basket
and sent her far away east in 1t until the bas-
kct struck the SKI.
When the water reached Toxic. it divided,
went east and west. went no. further south in
Olelpanti. Al tbs time, Olelbis. saw a hollow
log coming from the north. On it were sitting
u number of Teie Memtulit people red offers,
and Bisus people uminks,. Just behind the
Log cam" ,h one WIN a nIE willow Tree
times swimming west: He slapped tho water
with his new tail. making a loud noise. This
"hE SUI itNs YAK C'i " -i'i- ~ iNi'i
STRUCK the log with a stone from his sling, and
threw ii far away west with all The Memtulits
on IL except one. which came t" the sweat
My hLother, l should like to stay with you
h hs,ay hc Ta'' w said I 6iefb Me"'u'e' 'red beaver
Next came Wokwuk. He was large and
beautiful and had very red eyes. When kahit
came fyins toward the sweat house; and was
still north OF 1t. Ulclbls cried TO him: My
uncle. we have had wind enough and water
enough: can you not do something to stop
kalit few of toward the east ana sent Mem
l.oimis back. Mem Loimis." said, he, you
s srS very lar !a5f bae G?d very not SiIFo %ffIl s stop l yo om
TO home"
Mem Loimis went, back north, went into the
Went east. Then turned and, went north TO
where he had, been at first. and sat down again
When Mem I.oimi- and kahit had gone home
ali the water Disappeared; all was quiet, dry,
sna clear ar, again. sonId . 1ieI hn,b i%"ke4 no d2 monn Gn ine
no trees, 10 ground. nothing, but naked rocks
all washed clean: He, stood and looked in
south, to see II he could fnd anything. He
found nothing. After a time. while he was
basin, in a large rock. n little water. all that
was left. The rock was in T>aran Hertz NOW
shall I do now? Look everywhere, there is
nothing, IN the, world below but naked rocks.
WAIT awhile. grandson, " SAID they. We
where. Perhaps we can.
ON this earth there was no river, no creek.
no wafer anywhere but the CupfuI at Isarau
Heril. This was he morning after the water
had gone down.
,.;AtIer q time a person came from the east,
Klabus. II am looking all over the world be
low, but can see nothing on IL. 10 you know
any place beyond the sky on the north. south,
east, or west, where there is earth:'
Il know no place where there is earth said
Klabus.
soon another person. Yilahl Hertz gopher,
was seen coming home from the west. When
lie cam NJ Olelbis said My uncle. do you
know of earth. or trees. or people in any place
81 do not" answered Y!lahl. But are you
We are well and unharmed." answered
Olelbis.
How did you come here Which. way did
you come; Where did you stay that the world
IRE did not burn your asked klabus Of Silahl.
~ will tell YOU" said Hilahl. when the
fire heuan dnwn hollow | wont Ncst. wont under