The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-06-24
THE WOLF AND THE EAGLE.
Legend OF Two Young Saranac In
dian Warriors.

cruel traits / -hey nave shown; but
;heir Sc. and legends many
--oD.e qualities ale hidden under their
cruelty, like pearls in the uncouth shell
of the oyster.
In one of these legends we are told
that there used to be great many wiz
ards among the tribes, or sachems, as
the Indians called them, who were coun-
selors in the camp, but whose chief de-
light was in doing evil. They worked
so much mischief in the hunting
grounds that at last the Great Spirit
locked them in the hollow trees that
grew along the trail
Some of them, in their struggles to os-
cape, thrust their arms out of the trees.
but the closing wood imprisoned them.
and they may be seen tothis day, twist
ed and distorted in agony, as gnarled
roots and witherod trunks and
branches.
Others survived this terrible trans
formation, and among them was Oqua-
rah, a bent, decrepit, aged sachem, cruel
and evil minded, and jealous lest his
power should wane, or be eclipsed by
that of rival. The fate of his brother
sachems did not arouse pity in his heart,
nor did it soften him to know that he
had been spared.
.,.2h lived with d tribe of tn,
Saranac::, in which were two youne
warriors, whose bravery and truth com
handed the admiration and love Of
their companions. One of these braves
called the Wolf, the other the
~Clo, aAd they were friendly rivals in
IL deeds Of valor.
One day, in the moon of great lesves
when the hunting groundswere starred.
with flowers, and the soft, south wind
low ever the land, the Wolf and the
gle left the camp and set out upon
;unt.
re hours passed, and the Wolf re-
"'-c '-Glcne.
-oId :; angry cries greeted him as
g appeared thus, but he stood silent,
Ill, by the sternness of his look, he
Qnelled the tumult. Then he told them
that he and the Eagle had hunted for
hours together, but at last had become
"nparated; and that when the time
ne to return. he had searched in,
II for the Eagle.
Ills words were received in silence;
ut PRESENT. Cquarah spoke, Oquarah,
he cruel sachcm.
Il hear forked tongue" he said. ''It
thai the Wolf was jealous of the
agile. e.d that his teeth have cut into
The heart of his friend.''
"The Wolf cannot lie!" answered the
-oung chief, and then he stood pas
i've, quiet.
Then the sachem clutched his hatchet.
and cried in rage:
Where is the Eagle?"
"The Wolf has spoken" answered the
roung chief.
At that, Oquarah raised his Ratchet
md struck at the Wolf, but the VOLTS
life threw herself before her husband
nd the Ratchet sunk into her head
hen, with cry of rage. the Wolf drew
lis knife, and a moment later the sa-
chem fell with mortal wound in his
heart
Great excitement and discord fol-
lowed these tragic events, and finally
the tribe divided, half of them following
he Wolf down the Great Sounding
liver in search OF new hunting grounds
But the Wolf was very unhappy. He
ad lost his friend and his wife, and
is tribe had been broken up; all
trough the evil suspicious of the cruel
'achem.
Many years passed, and the Wolf be-
anne great in his tribe. But when
yer his tribe met the other, the ground
tween their hunting ground was wet
it'll blood
One day the tribe on the Upper Sar-
&C saw canoe appear on the Lake Of
Re Silver Sky, and in it was the Eagle
e told them how he had been sepa-
ated from the Wolf, and had falle-
ITO a cleft of great rock, from whicl,
',e was rescued by some soldiers from
"anada. They had taken him with
them, and he had fought with the Brit
ish against the French. AS the years
passed, and he grew old, however, his
heart yearned for the people of his
tribe, and he had come back to die
among them.
When he heard that the Wolf had
been accused of his death, he was very
sad, but he called a meeting of the war
riOrs of the two camps, and peace was
made between them. So the Eagle
lied, at last, happy in the knowledge
hat he had cleared his friend and re-
inited his Observation-Disclosures Times.
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