The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-11


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numerous and very powerful, stretching
more than twelve days journey from the
east to the west, and more than fifteen
days journey from south to north. The
nation was ruled in those days by more
than 500 Suns or Chiefs and you can form
an idea from the fact of the number or
MOBILES, considerables and of the common
people who were included in ii.
Thou knowest that there are always
in the temple two guardians whose duty
il is TO keep alght the sacred fire. Now,
1t happened that once in the times past
one of these two men went out of the
temple for some purpose, leaving his com
pa''ior to watch the fires. While the
guardian who had gone to the outside was
still absent, the guardian who had been
left inside the temple committed the great
offense of going TO sleep.
During the sleep the fire went out, and
when the miserable man awoke and saw
that the fire was eXtinguishe terror
seized upon him, but, as his compauGn
had not yet returned, he decided to con-
ceal the crime that he had committed,
which he could do easily, in order TO avoid
the death that he deserved to suffer. He
therefore called to the first person whom
he saw passing by the temple and asked
him TO bring him some fire with which
to light his calumet, a request with which
the man addressed willingly complied,
knowing well that it is not permitted to
any one to touch the eternal fire except
to keep it burning, and that it cannot be
used to light a pipe with it or for any other
purpose whatever. With the fire thus OBJ
tanned the unfakhful guardian relighted
the fire
Thus was the flames relighted with
profane fire. Immediately after this sick
ness appeared among the Suns of the ma
ton. They died one after the other in
few days, and it was necessary 10 put
to death many of the people that they
might follow. them into the land of spir-
its, there to wait upon them.
This mortality lasted for four years
without any one being able to discover
the cause of the plague. During that
period nine Great Suns who ruled over
the people in succession, followed each
other to the grave, and an infinite num-
Der of the people persisted with them.
AT last at the end of this time, the
guilty guardian of the temple himself fell
sick. This wicked man, feeling that he
could not live long, sent word TO the
Great Sun of the nation that he desired
to communicate something of the great
est importance to him, and that, should
he die without revealing it, all the Nat
chez people would die.
THE Great Sun fastened to his bedside
as quickly as possible.
"As soon as the sick man saw him he
began to tremble in every limb, and he
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theless he spoke, although with great DIFF
fculty, these words:
." 4 am about to die and it matters lit
tie to me if I die of the disease or by
the hands of a man. l know that 1 am
wicked man for having concealed for
so long a time, for fear of losing my
life that which l should have revealed.
/ am the cause of the death of my ma
ton, and therefore l deserve death, but
I beg that the dogs may not be allowed
to devour my remains
"The Great Sun understood from these
words that the wretched man was gully
of some great crime, and that it was nee
essary to give him confidence in order to
extract from him that secret of his which
seemed to be one of the last Importance.
He therefore told him that he could feel
assured that he would not be put 10 death,
despite any evil that he might have done,
and that his body would be committed to
the earth and would not be thrown to the
dogs to eat and moreover, that what he
(the Great SUM told him was as true
as that the sun illumina ted the earth with
its rays by day, and that it was his
duty to speak quickly, and before death
should overtake him. Upon this promise
of the Great sun given on the honor
OF the sovereign of the nation. the wicked
guardian confessed all that he had done,
and which l have narrated to thee.
after hearing this confession the
Great Sun at once assembled the Oldest
and most venerable men of the nation.
They discussed the matter, and then, by
their advice, the other temple, where the
perpetual fire also was kept burning was
! visited that very day and some of the
| fire there was snatched away from the
! fire there with which TO start anew the
/ true fire in the other temple. When this
! had been done the plague ceased and the
Suns of the nation no longer fell VIC
| Tins to il"
las the Great Sun concluded his grue-
some story, M, lie Page questioned him
! as to what he meant by the expression
'snatched away the fire. for the phrase
was incomprehensible to him.
'Tt means this" replied the Great Sum-
! that 1t was necessary that the fire should
| be carried away violently and that blood
| should be shed in doing so, unless, in
deed, on the way to the temple to obtain
| the fire Of renewal. they should see light
ming strike a tree and set fire to it, for
in that case the fire produced by the
| lightning could be used and 1t would
not have been found necessary to go to
| the temple to obtain any. STILL, con-
| cluded the Great Sun" in tone of con-
viction, the fire of the sun always was
| to be preferred"
Ten years after this conversation the
omen Of the weird legend Of the Natchez
bore heavily upon the nation. for in the
| desolating war that followed the Natchez
massacre Of the French in the year 1929,
| the nation was destroyed.