Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-01-25

nearing Nanabozho he spoke to him
and said his name was Mundahmin.
Or The Yellow Man" and that he
had wandered afar from the wiswams
Of his people He then invited Mana
bozho TO wrestle with linn. but the
young Chippewa demurred, rightly
thinking that he would be like child
III the hands of giant However,
after considerable persuasion, Mana
boZho reluctantly consented to wres-
tie 4 few brief struggles and Mana.
bozho found himself PROSTATE upon
the ground. On arising to his feet
lie discovered tina. tue Yellow Man
had mysteriously vanished. No. q
sign ot him anywhere, not even a
footprint by which he might be
trailed. -a.S!x
All that night and the next day
NanaboZho pondered over the strange
visit and wondered what it could por-
tend. That evening, at about the
same hour, NanabOZho was awestruck
to see the form Of Mundahmin again
appearing from the east. After the
customary greeting the Yellow Man
again invited Nanabozho to wrestle,
but, remembering his experience Of
the previous evening, he decliued
However, the persuasive tones Of
Mundahmin overcome his scruples,
and soon he found himself again
sprawling upon the ground, and his
visitor vanished, as into thin air.
Here was a condition of affairs
certainly mystifying, if not startling.
Who was this stranger aud what could
his repeated visits mean? At last a
bright idea entered Nanabozho's
lnInd-the magic mlttens,
If the Yellow Man comes back to-
day and wants me to wrestle with him
will be prepared" soliloquized
Nanabozho
Sure enough at the same hour the
next day Mundahmln returned He
was not little surprised ct the
alacrity with which Nanabozho ac-
ccp.ei his invitation TO wrestle. Long
and arduous was the struggle for the
mastery, the sinewy bodies swayed to
and fro. First one and then the other
seemed TO be gaining the ascendency.
when suddenly Nanabozho felt him
self possessed of fsupernatnral strength,
for without apparently any effort he
lifted Mundahmin above bis head and
threw him to the ground, whore he lay
perfectly motionlese.
linen terror seized the heart OF
Nanabozho. Was Mundahmin dead.
had he killed him? Kneeling beside
the PROSTATE form he bent his ear TO
the heart Not a sound, not move
ment, Wha. a predicament. Here
was one evidently of q tribe of giants,
whom Nanabozho had killed, so
soon as he was missed by his people
they would come III search of him and
make WAY upon the Chlppewas to
avenge his death. Glancing anxlously
around to see that there were 10 Wit
nesscs to the tragedy, Nanabozho
threw the lifeless form over his shout
der and wended his way !aboriously
into the depths of the forest After
traversiug several miles and assuring
himself that lie was not followed he
placed his burden upon the ground,
and upon hands and knees he dug ont
a long, narrow grave In tins he de
pcsited the body. covering It with !hc
loose earth ;lul again with dead
leaves and branches, thus obllteratlng
al traces Of the silent dead he next
marked q nearby tree To- future
identification. Then he travelled
wearily toward his grandmother $
wigwam. his days OF penance nov
being ended.
The sun was just pcepinG above the
eastern hills as he raised the covering
and stole quietly within. laying him
self prone upon the ground. But
sleep came not to his excited nerves,
and all day he listercd for the coming.
OF Mundahmin' people IN search OF
him. But they came not.
Early the ne3t morning, Unob>crv,1
he sought the fores; grave - sec if i
been disturbed No. all was as he had
let It. His mind grew easier, and TO-
Severa lays lie kept away from his
buried secret At the end Of week
he again visited the grave and was
surprised TO lind growing MP from the
center OF it a stout green blade. about
foot IL height, He watched the
plant carefully. tended II every day
until II had grown u the stature OF
+ Munlahmin, when from out its sides
grew yellow corncobs, Then Mana
bozho was amazed hevord measure.
I See he exclaimed to himself
"Mundahmln. the Yellow Man, has
: come back TO life again, took him