The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31

d.dlkit, but I suppose you yish to go hons.
why should we go so soonl'' nsked sedit,
they. know we ought 70 tcll them .someihlns,,,
Keep quiet, Sedit," snid Intkilis. II told
you not 70 talk; There are many big men
talk. Wnidadiklt says that We have stayed
long enough; that ,is what he means; you
ought 10 know T.. lie spoke ms he did because
he wished 10 say something nice TO us and 10
friends; but YOU must keep still"
toward tho middle OF the house, near the IRE,
stood there. looked about, and spat on tho
Sropi Instant IL they cg0 s aS"' . small p' basket rise :" ous
Of the splttle. Inside the, basket were acorns
lie went back to his place and lay down. Wal:
dadikit set the basket in the middle OF tho
sweat house, picked out an acorn. ate IL. and
People. come and eat. My. friend. Patti,
has, made this, for you this IS his food"
Nopklemlla came first. to the basket TO eat. and
to this. day he, Is fond OF ncorns. Then Tsihii
Tsudl and Tsaik. went TO the basket and ate,
and and al are fond o. doo HG2 trnm n9 1Ms ~. mat ,Ss
acorns were none the less.
Scdit sat back ill-natured he wanted .hem
TO eat nil the acorns. Waidndikit put the
,.Tsifl rose now; went to the place. where
Patti had spat. and put an ,emnty basket on the
grass, which he wore around his wrist. and
held down his hand. something flowed ont Of
he tied up his wrist again. The basket was
fun OF seeds OF sugar pine. Wa,dndikit ate
and ate their fiji. The basket was as full 40
before. Scdit was very angry.
Hau came forward and put down a ston.
ear, and out, OF II came n stream OF manzantta
berries. These were the first manzanita.
world before. .Waidsdikit ate a handful of
the berries and sat down said nothing. All
the cup, ate NJ long ms they were able, hut
could not decrease the berries; Presently
what 'tronble giN him. 20 soon spots c" came out n,DS ali
over his body red, yellow, aud black. This
spiri: was afraid of what he 81" had eaten. Ills
spirit did not wish that. he should eat berries.
They were, not his kind Of food. And TINT
was why the spots came out OH him. 1t was
HE Spirits fear that brought out the spots,
and he has been spotted ever since. He ate.
everything, or people would think It had food.
un fSG a w !ma S %ristba n%i % %TEf he 0 %ors. h %Ia
his hand down. and Wild plums dropped into
waidadikit. sent Tichclis this time To tasto
the plun.s and set out the basket. People ate.
but Th 1n%re ii Msas as R nindds o of faod Is w esf" given to
the world for the first time then. and this, is
why we 81 PARE fss th Sweat hI house I'" He came tanf e to IN, me
ground with his nose and out came n great pile
sedit had eaten as much as he 'ould and was
saying to Patkilis. II don't like that"
"Sedit." answered Patkilis, Il have warned
you against talking so much. Don't you know
that after a while all the now kind of people.
the people to come. will use food in this way,
eat what they want and put the rest away?',.
You people have talked and been friendly"
said Waidadikit. This is the food we need;
this will be our only food hereafter"
well" said Kanhlalis. standing up. II
think we have almost finished. II we stay
hero too long some bad people may see us and
talk about what we are doing"
Others said. Yes: we have given all the
food we have. IL this gathering lasts longer
bad people may find us and make trouble"
THAT is true" said the assembly" 'let us
part
W will part" said Waidadikit. II am
going to my old house and will stay there for
e'er. II salmon come up the Winimem now
MacCloud Riyerl they will come rs far as my
house and go back"
Next morning all set out for their homes.
Tsihl changed his mind on the road and went
back to Tede Puyuk. where he found that all
had gone except Sedit, Patkilis. Mop. and Hau.
These four were outside the sweat house. and
Tsihl said:
I'VE have conn back to look at this place
again; II pl"ases U.S."
They stayed II while. travelled through. the
country, and when Olelbis sent people down
here COYOTES. jack rabbits. deer. red foxes. and
black bear came to Red Mountain. and there
we're many of them ever after around that
whole country.