The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-10
ISLANDS NAMED FOR DOGS
whence "The Island of tho Talkino
Dog Derived It's Name.


Dozens. some say scores, of islands, of
create ror less dimensions. are known as
l-lttle Dogs, Dog islands, Big
Dogs etc. An island in the THAMES
now Il part of London, is called the isle
OF Dogs. Three lofty, rocky islands near
st; Thomas, Virgin islands, are known as
W Nnc GT na DoT Thora corS: Reg and 5hs
III the Malayan Archipelago: off the Goa st
of Maine; on the coast Of Franklin coun-
ty, Fla, and another in the SERVANT
group.
On the coast of Kanlschatka there is an
island known as The Island of Talking
Dogs" The curious story connected WITH
this spot of land and the one that gives
it the name it bears is this according to
an Asiatic legend:
The first inhabitants of the far north
did not employ dogs, but drew their wal
elapsed men made an attempt to use the
dogs of the region-which. by the way,
talked just as men do-as beasts of bur
den. The talking dogs, however, argued
the case with their Would-be masters. and
were not long in proving that they had
enough to do to catch game for them
selves and the children of men.
But the men soon learned the use of the
bow and arrow and the spear, thus ruin
Again an attempt was made to harness
them to sleds. but they rebelled. and all
swan out to the island. afterwarl known
as 1.-THE Island of the Talking Dogs
Here the game was scarce, and the dogs
soon turned cannibals. and by the end of
the first winter there were only seven left
Some human KamSchatkanS volunteered
to row out. to the island and bring, off the
remnant of the dog colony. But the dogs
refused to leave their barren island. say
ing: What people are you? We have
never seen you before" For this UNI
truth Chami, the dog god took their
voices away from them. and until this
day they have been the dumb servants
of man.-Phladelphi Times.
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