The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08

key. an thinkin' he mus go round,
for it's too sof'; he see a Buffalo dead
| in the mud, where he had sunk too
! deep to get out.
while Wiesahke is looking he hear
YER big noise on the other side that
muskeg. He look cross an see one big
Grizzly Bear When the Bear see Vie
sahke, he stan up, an hol up hes two
paws, an say, loud, I kill anyone what
1 see.'
Then Wiesahke is much 'fraid, but
he wan play some treek that Bear. He
think if 1 don fright that Bear he will
me.
Then he raise up hes two arms high,
an say, loud, I kill anything L see He
point the Buffalo an say, You see, 1
kill him.
Then the Bear hes 'fraid, an start
run.
"Wiesahke he run after that Bear.
Nothing can run so fast as Wiesahke,
for he's a God, you see. Wiesahke is
always running close up to the Bears
tail an saying, loud L kill your
THE Bear is YER 'fraid, for before
he can always run away from any
body. Sometime they come some lit
tie bush, an Wiesahke run 'rOun' the
outside an get there frs. This make
the Bear YER 'fraid. He's fat, an soon
hes tongue steek out.
"One time Wiesahke is running 'roun'
a stump. He catch it with hes hand,
an a piece of bark break off. It's long,
an got poin' like a big knife. Vie
sahke hOP this up in his han an say
the Bear, 1 kill you with this knife.
THE Bear he look up an see the sun
shine on the white side that bark, an
he think it bright knife.
He so 'fraid, he drop dead.
Then Wiesahke he sit down an say,
I'll 7 CD M
when he skin the Bear he not feel
hungry for such big dinner; so he say
to Stone lynn there, 'Ho, Brother, get
up an We'll have a foot race The
Stone not move.
"Wiesahke say again, Get UP. Broth
er! 1 beat you in foot race The Stone
not move.
"'The third time Wiesahke say, Come,
Brother, race with me-. Then the
Stone roll over an say, All right, Vie
sahke, 1 race with you. Where we
racer
up the top that high HILL say VIE
sahke, an back again.
Then they start up the hill.
1.-The Stone he can roll fas' up the
hill, an Wiesahke he get there frs.
When they run down again, at frs
Wiesahke he is ahead. He look back
an he see the Stone roll YER fas'. Then
he run hard. The Stone he roll fas'er
an faser.
"Wiesahke he get 'fraid, an say.
Brother look out; don roll on me-
don hurt me-
Just when they get to the Bear the
Stone catch Wiesahke. an roll on top
him.
:" Let me up, Brother say Wiesahke
to the Stone Il mus eat my dinner
Lille still, Wiesahke,' say the Stone
Tn tired: 1 mus res
""Then Wiesahke saw little Tomtit
on bush near the Bear.
" Don make noise, Brother, say
Wiesahke; cause if you make noise the
Whisky-Jack Canada Jay) will come.
He will eat all he can my Bear; then
he will make noise an the Crow viii
come. The Crow will eat, an make
noise, an the Hawk will come The
Hawk will call the Eagle, an the Eagle
Will scream, an the Coyote will come;
the Coyote will howl an the Wolves
will come; an 1 will get no dinner
"'Hal Wiesahke,' say the Tomtit,
you always playing treek. Now L viii
play treek on you. Peeu, peep, peep!'
he say, loud he can, an a WhiskyJack
fly down an commence eat the Bear.
"Don' make a noise, Brother or the
Crows will come say Wiesahke to the
Jay.
q "Tweech, tweechr cried the Whis-
ky-Jack, an a lot Crows come flying to
the Bear.
Poor Wiesahke, he dom know what
do. Get up, Brother he say the Stone
Let me up, I'm hungry But the
Stone he sleep; he not hear VIE
sahke.
"'Don' make a noise, Brother he
say the Crows
Cav, cav. cav. Wiesahke,' they
laugh, an the Hawks come.
"The Hawks eat, an call like they
blow a. sharp whistle, an the Eagles
come Then the Coyotes come. They
eat an howl jus like a small dog at
night. The Wolves come an eat up
ali Wiesahke's Bear, only some white
bones ief'.
"Then the Stone roll over an VIE
sahke get up.
HE see the Tomtit sitting there on
a bush an he want play him some
treek for steal hes dinner. He say
that Tomtit; I'm los. 1 run so far
after that Bear / lose my tepee. I'm
hungry, too. Take pity an show me
that trail. Fly up high, little Tomtit,