The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12

SanihAs luuChl began to sing, anu ne snlu
II will nave tho spirit dance tonight; .the TIVE
Tsudi girls may sing for me-
lie danced twenty nighis and days without
saying q word danced twenty Gays ana night'
more. The two Tsudl girls sang all. the time
Then Snnihas Yupchi sat down, said nothing
Again no danced Ave DAYS and nights. then
four days and nights. then one day and on,
night more, After thu, he , sGt down and sHId 4,
! am going TO tell lisa long. way from here, bul
| am going to talk and let YOU hear what
Mem Loimis WENT
one person answered 'Shc went west n
short distance TO get something. That was
Was anything the matter with that wo;
Yes, said 0ieibis. she was with child"
We'll; while che was out, a mar. came, TO her
and anT,h 'o ons her her WAY b WIN hin ,Gs t 3pit her T1lf fRT
Ken Topi where the sky comes down. TO the
place whore he lives, Waiti kqhi Put Hut n
sntly together iii her child was born. Kshit
Mem Lolmls. grew angry at Kahit, left her
child with him. and went e9stw9rdi went to
She STAYED there awhile. and gave birth to two
cons. children II K9hit., Then she went fur.
tbs o srst :, .}a s" of + tSn kO s,nyd KeI 1h aSp''i IL ~f fITih 1s
lived with Kahit was sptshet I6eaysri. SET
grey ~, a little Kahit said to him: Your faith.
NNilluiS 1NItHl IOlu Ill IllNs ANU NuIu ~
Wokwuk and Kut. the two sons of Olclhis:
your mother Is a long way on. Mem Loi;;
I nv were at home I could go tc her aniciS. but /
am here. Now YOU must 60 and see your
mother; Ecu have tW " brothers II, In the D,sI fur
| thrae Kolchi Ken Topis tskicsl you will. see
them, md they will know You, II IL a long
my %,yapaitu is the Winishuyat Of rntkilis
Sanihas Yupchi was Sakatl ia green snake
with A white striDp1 n great uCrSOu.
Wokwuk and Kut. the two sons Of 0lelbis
h %y,n MG% ao' tSs y MSnt away "a s S%fii P Sapesi.
said that he would go and HELM them till they
had passed the second sky. They did not see
They travelled one day. came to the first sky,
and passed 1t. Then travelled n second day,
yspait%, 'h fo ifGIha Sk WiH Hhf Eassea t sHd'' th enc
then how TO pass the third sky, and, having
given nDIbos every Tycn useful direction went back to
o, snnthss Iop }RsiRi.! y. sid wnit saS. Al" VIZ 5ht su timf Rd "a
lee the hnir on tor of his head With "a young
grapevine and thrust n chirtcihns bone through
this father had given him this bone at start
He put IL under the edge of the sky and raised
4. When he and his brother had PASSED
noise. When they had passed the third sky
they could see far east. Everything was nice
and looked clear Just as !. does here # daylight
toward them. Soon the four met.
Who are your" asked Wokwuk. How do
you know that we are your brotheraa""
you always. She told us this morning that we
must go out and play today; PERHAPS You
they viii come, we DO not know" You have
come and now we will go home"
.v Mhsn they hey f ,%S .sn, t6 as 6 bSgsf; s Stood the bt sh tha
door while the two sons of Kahit ran in and
said: Mother, our brothers have comet.
Mem Loimis was lying at the east end OF the
house. She was lying on n mem terek water
IuckskinI, her blanket was a mem nikahl
La water b~lanketl.
Wei. tell them to come in"
The brothers. went in. Mem Loimis rose,
S Sna a sHid; 'qh ii1 %y far io n%ay ! frcis y SaSqf hcm OF
and you have travelled n long road to lind me-
She spread the mem terek on the ground and
said: sit down on this and rest
my Wy br 1pHhsef'i is very very dr. dry. Ne III have had no
think That IN o1 we could i've with Without Water"
~ could ,d not help your u los s,0 Mha aw could al |
carried far north. and from there / came here,
but your father is my husband. He knows
eyerything; he can make anything ne, DO any,
that I was here. You shall nave water my
children; water in plenty"
water from it. as a nursing mother would take
milk. filled the basket. and gave 1t to the boys.
'H sYSo ene b iaysA area are all my children m You are
sons of Mem, Loimis; am here now. but IL
there should A., be any di hsTd Kneit II w any fr0 cane
and take me away, lie told me so. Some day
my husband olelbis will know his son in the
husband Olelbis will think Of me-; he may
want me e come to him-he may wish to
Wokwuk and Kut stayed five days with
their mother; then one day, and after that one
insy and Chanting ali tho time in Olelpanti, said
after the boys had gone nGo s.r,roa h,s,o. ~
about two inches around. and very small i'll
side. Sanihas Yupchi put it in the middle Of
Sanihas Yupchi was dancing all the time
That morning Mem Loimis said to Kut. the
Hui winding water! an old man. who lives at
the first sky west of 0lelpanti. is dry. He is
, eIdeI Sfd for wa W t s a"Ss E MStsr With e h'm me- w w2qr
Sanihas Yupchi had danced .Gfty,nine DAYS.
eco" fa!d she, straight west to where the
Hui with the water I will 90 and see my son
Sotchet in the moth. hear him cry all the
''m she gave ave K Ku aff In a n wui bag asfr before ore" h we started,
ten gambling sticks cut from grapevine. she
tied tt ,, the hT@E around ndu his s,i nef Ss a ana bd,5 sd hdr;s "S So',
Kut was a very quick traveller, and could 20
He started. There were holes In the bottom
of tho basket. and rs he went over the sky the
im IN the "f pasRet. and " Gust'tS% before ',i''I M rn aiiS OF" one
drop fell from the la sket which kut was cav
rying and dropped into the basket which SAM
has Yupchi lad placed in the middle of the
sweat house Mt Olelpanti.
No one SAW the water come. but IN tho morn
ing the little basket WAS full; the one drop
filled IT,.
NOW, said Sanihas Yupchi, ~ have worked
as Hlahi all this time. and that drop of water
is all that ! can get. lru see IL in the basket"
Tho little basket in Olclbis's house that the one
drop filled stood there, and Olelhis said "Now
you are dry, all You people in This sweat house.
You are thirsty for water. Here is one drop
of water. We do not know who will drink
first; but there is an old mar on the west Sids
OF the sweat house crying all the time, night
and day, for water: Let him come end look
at It," lie meant Hubit.
Hubit stood mn, came. looked at the basket.
and said what good Is this to mo. There
is only a drop there. 1t will 10 me no good"
"Drink what there is; You talk SO much
about water" replied all the others. that YOU
would better drink
THAT drop can do no one any good"
well, take "A taste, anyhow" said Olelbis;
lit will not hurt you"
II do not like TO taste. ! want to drink, an.
swered Hubit.
well, drink" said Olclbis.
Hubit began TO drink. lie drank and drank,
took his belt Off about the middle of tie fore,