The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

ENTtItn 1VNE IHkhN hNHN W."
TuichuRerris stretched his hand toward tn
Glniely something came with q whlr and {
hutter and settled on his arm like q bird. J
was a sky strap, blue Ike the SKY, narrow, a.,
limb. knotting II in such q way that he, coglI
unite It with a Jerk a. the other emu. ny ~,
jerEed IL loose. lilo strung tho snakes on, thu
long bone; they were nil dead! and carried then
to SASS house. lilo laid them AT the door. ant
going in, sat down, and said to the two women
~ have the woodpcckers, " you want no
play with them; II you don't want them' you
The giris told Gas. lie went to the snaket
and cried outi ."oh. my son.in.law, you are
the old woman's grave, and cried. and sang
the snme song over them as over his wire ma
the bears. Thcn he danced, wearing the lea
"Next morning old sas rose first and sald
My .son-in.lsw. he up, Ny dGnEhters al.
| tsh; | cannot hunt now. ! am old and weak;
! My. feet are tender; ! cannot walk. My head
+; dizzy; but myTso nina Jaw yT yoS are WISH GSHn T.
hunt, / will show you where 70 find game In
plenty; When was Young used to go to
tO%"i T Mfii s "n9 - Siti ff&nilES fh II ar 1''"''
When they were a, the place TpIehuherris
pass. There was only ono narrow opening or
trail. ana one tree standing at the end or 1t.
stand AGAINST that tree said sas' ,hmN hen
| will go around and drive them In You
phoot."
Sas went north to drive the deer:
Vow. my BROTHER said Winishuyat,. "be
careful. You see all the bones around here;
They, are PEOPLES bones bones When 10 "a" Sro S .
them In here and killed them. He will drive
up ten grizzly bears to kill and eat us. Tell
SYou, my dog" eaid Tulchuherr!s. stand
behind the tree TIL you see Il grizZiy bear
spring at me. will dodge. He VIII miss
and turn again at me. XIII him when he
Tuichuherris heard sas driving, bears in the
distance. "Ha-hn, ho-ho! Ha-ha. ho.ho.'
'"Be ready. They are coming" said Wini-
THichuherris heard Sas coming. Then he
saw,a grizzly. and another. and another. TIL
five were in sight. little behind these were
five others. When the first bear came near
he bounded at Tulchuherris. who dodged. The
bear went past a good distance, and then
tHer dog seized him by the throat and killcd
him. The second bear sprang at Tuichuher;
rs. He lodged, the bear passed, and turned
to com back. The uanther dog, seized ana
killed him. When he had chased the bears In,
Sas turned home, saying as he went;
You are In a good place today, Tulchuherris;
I have YOU now where my children will kill
you. ] know more than you; / am stronger
'hS SftssT 1q ten bears sm S %ere yG Ril TrG and m,In %o more
came, Tulchuherris stood q while, anu taxing
the bears in one hand by the paws he walked
little birds. He put them at sass door, vent
in, sat down; and said to his lhs wives Ives III tbh hayS
f" do not, q Bnt. this i is the G%,' S only Ffn5 Of ID" deer
your father drove to me-. You eat this Kind OF
deer. | suppose. Go and see them. or tell your
, sns went ont and saw the ten grizzly besrs
lying dead; OH my s2n.in law q rh cried he.
ing and crying, he buried the bears.
said he. there is something which I
have been asking me to do this for a long time;
but | am too old: / will show you a place
where there is a brush house; i madeit to
1t is near n spring at which birds come to-
Rcther to drink. Come with me; 1 will show
you the house and the spring"
When they were starting winishuyat said:
MY brother. be careful today, He is tax
ing US TO Wintubos, where he has killed many
spring but the house is full of snakes, poison
things, and bears. Take both your dogs
After ~Tu.shuherris and Sas had gone a short
distance Saa .topped and said,
MY son:tn.!aw, you. see that little house
some nj . birds or game coming, then kin them.
l will 40 back. | am old and cannot stand or
here and wait for you. will go home and
lie down till you come"
Sas went home.
Tuichuherris went near the house. then
The two dogs went into the house at
u leap and killed all the snakes and bears In 1t.
When the dogs came out Tulchuherris went
into the house, and to the spring. He saw piles
81 bones everywhere. He cried when he looked
at them. There was no water In the spring.
1t was mud, thick mud mixed with peoples
flesh. Tulchuherris looked toward the east.
and far away he saw an open plain. Soon he
what seemed at first TO be a small speck.
ana he saw it was a person. Now far away lie
something else. The first was a small man.
The second was still smaller. Tulchuberris saw
that they were running toward him. They
near and stopped.
Have no fear. Como up to me-" said Tul-
chuherris.
The larger said: "Oh. my brother. my
| am thirsty"
'Oh. my brother" said the smaller one. 1--WE
are very thirsty"
Their hair was clipped close to their heads.
Tulchuherris stepped back toward the north.
the ground with his heel, and clear. cold
sprang up In a stream. He drank him
and said: Come and drink"
The first of these strangers was Anakurita
only, two left of all the people in those parts.
,as had killed the rest. "All, our relatives
s TSTs s srs iett at Tvs Me a ser gong q s sSla they ""o
IF you come here again" said Tulchuherris.
keep away from the spring at the house. That
s a bad place; Drink ta's good water which
The two went away. Tulchuherris put the
sharp end Of h,s bone through the heads Of the
hem. The ten grizzly bears he carried home
=, have something Hs outside said he to Sass
hey are all that l found at the brush house.
send your father to look at them"
Sas went out and began to cry. He enlarged
wifc's grave and buried them. 'These are
children" said he. and he sang and danced
As before.
sas rose early next morning, NJ son;in.
aw,' said he, your wives ask me TO get fish
FOR them, bgt | am too old. When was
You are young; ! will show you n good place
for trout. Ny old pole and spear points are
there; you may use them
They started. came to a river with a bridge
across 1t. a bridge formed of one hair. My
said Winishuyat. this Is n place
Sas has killed many Of our people"
My sOn-in-law." said Sas. you cross the
bridge and fish; | will go home"
VERY WE'LL" answered Tulchuherris, who
put his foot on one end of the bridge and
,rossed with one spring. On the other side no
to the fishing hut. fixed so that a man
could look mp and down the river while fishing.
Tulchuherris had his own spear shaft a sky
pole; tho string was a sky strap. lie had his
point, too.
He waited for fish, and at last saw. some
thing coming slowly from the south. 1t
looked. at him. Tulchuherris saw q
and n head with long hair tied in a knot
with a band OF woOdpeCkers' sCalps, a long
band wound around many times. Tulchu-
harris wore a band Just like II, but the scalps
wore of mountain wo0dpeckers.
"Ah, my. brother-in-law. called out the
az am sorry for you, my brother. In ia ~