The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-02-17

our numbers dwindle. till at length the
end for the people is in sight, seeing
that within some few generations they
must die out and be forgotten. You
know also the ancient prophecy that
when once more the two halves Of the
Symbol Of the Heart. Day and Night,
are laid side by side in their place upon
ting altar in the sanctuary, then from
that honr this people shall grow great
again: ana you know how n voice spoke
to me IN c.iswcr to my prayers, bidding
me, Iibalhay to wander forth from the
country OF the Heart, following the
road to Inc SEA, for there l should find
that which was lost.
"Ihither, then, having won the per-
mission or my council, the Brotherhood
OF the Heart, L have wandered alone
with my daughter the Lady Maya, suf-
ferino much hardship and danger in my
wandcrings, and lol l nave found that
which was lost, and brought it back 90
you, for here it hangs upon the neck of
this lgnatio. who has accompanied me
from the lands beyond the desert
Now murmur of astonishment went
up from the multitude, and Zibalbay
paused awhile.
'Of this matter of finding The sym
boil ne continued, Il will speak more
fully at the proper time.
But first in this hour | viii deal with
other questions. 1t is known to Won
that wncn | went upon my mission |
left ny nephew Tilcal to sit in my place
it being agreed between us and the
council that if I should return no more
within two years he should become ca
cIque OF the people. [ have returned
within tho year, and | find this: That
already he has allowed himself to be
Amounted caciqne, and moro. that he
who was di-ianced to my daughter. has
taken another woman to be his wife,
Last night, with my own ears, /
heard him proclaim his trcachery in the
hall OF the palace, and when / spoke
out the bitterness that was in my heart.
l, your lord. was net with threats and
told that ri,S2l having been anointed
could not now be dcposed. | use the
word against him. Mobiles, have | not
been anointed, and ruled over you and
the people for many years? And can I
then be dcposed; l who am not a traitor
to my muster, nor forswearer of my
oaths, as Is my nephew yonder"
Again he paused, and some of the
audience with those who had accom-
panied Zibalbay shouted ''Nor' but the
most OF them looked toward Tilzal and
We're silent. Now Natal rose from his
place behind Iilal and spoke, saving:
AS one who had to do with the
amounting of TilSal to be cacique when
we believed you and the Lady Maya to
be dead, would ask you, Zibalbay, to
tell us openly what is the meaning of
this journey that you have undertaken,
and Tor what purpose you have brought
these two strangers, who are named Ig-
natio and the Son of the Sea, with Won
dcfiane of the ancient law, which says
that he who brings a stranger across the
Mountains into the land Of the City of
he Heart shall die, together with the
Stranger"
1T becomes you i'll, Mattai,' replied
ibalbay, 'to question me. Yet | will
answer you, and scorning subterfugc or
falsehood, set out the whole matter in
he hearing of the people, that they may
adge between me, your party, and
your rnastcr.
First, | will say that had forgotten
he lag Of which y0u speak, whereof l
lave broken the lettcr, or if at any time
remembered 1T my necessities caused
~ to Disregard it. Leara, then, that
he stranger Ignatio is of royal Indian
blood. and the holder of that symbol
-hich | went forth to seek, and that
the white man whom you cali Son
{ the Sea is as a brother to him, and
That both OF them are of the fellowship
IF The Heart the lord Ignatio being no
css man than the lnaatcr Of the order
IN Wonder lands as | am here.
This lord lgnatio summoned to me
md he came. lie came, and with his
companion, Son of the Sea, saved me
and my daughter from shane and
icath. Then when we had escaped we
irlcd ca' a other and laid the symbols
side by side, and 10! Day and Night
eosnc tof 'ether. and thcv were one.
'Thcn also l told him how it hap
penct at was wandering far from
my own ,lace, and he told me what was
bis purp use and the desire of his life
. break the yoke that the white man
hta Of
The far lands and to build up mighty
Indian nation.
Then we made a compact: That the
lord lgnatio, with the white man,
should accompany us here, where the
symbols should be set in the appointed
place, that the prophecy may be full
ltied and fortune return to us. That
| should give him so much as he NAV
aced of the treasures which lie useless
n our store houses. that with them he
may arm troops and bring about his
ends; and that in return he should brirv
70 Us what we need far more than gold
and gcms-lncn and women with whom
We may intermarry, so that our race.
ccasing TO dwindle, may once again
multiply and grow great.
This, mobiles, is our compact and
this is the path which the rod who rules
Us has pointed out for our feet to tread
Accept it and grow" He ceased and
ly it was broken, and by TilSal who
sprang from his seat and cried aloud:
OF a truth they were wise who said
that this old man was mad. Have you
heard and understood. O People Of the
Heart? This is what you must do to
fuliill the VIII of Zibalbay; First, ycu
must set him in his place again, giving
him all power, and me you must con-
dcmn to death or chains; next. You
must pardon him his breaches of the
Law. the law that he OF all men was
bound to keep
Then YOU must hand over Your treas
ures. the treasures boarded by your
forciathcrs for many a generation. to
these wandering thieves whom he has
brought with hun, and lastly. YOU must
open yonr gates that have been kept
secret for a thousand vcar, to other
thicves whom they shall lead here. to
wA0-.i, iorsooth, You must give your
v3i,cn IN marriage that the race NAV
be increased. Say. will YOU do these
Things, Children of the Hearth"
No., all those mobiles who stood be-
hind ii'sal shouted: .'Ncvcri' and the
people be cOud took M tl.a rl.v VIII, !.