The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-23

for we know that iron must sink. and
that it never floats. Tell us not such
FOOLS tales"
Little know you, o wise medicine
man, of iron. Tell me, have you seen
it melt like tallow? And flow like oil?
Or houses built of it as high as our
taIlest mountain? Have you seen
ropes made of iron. or clothes yea,
clothes to battle in? Have you seen
iron drawn out as thin as baby seal
gut. and moccasins sewn with it? All
these things and more saw l, and many
times and even greater wonders The
white people do such things as to make
the hair on ones head stand up in awe,
for they are very rich, wise and great
medicine men,
.Then will we go and take these
things from them,'' said Mauwak.
Tom laughed and his father asked:
"Are there, then, SO many of themE
LAS the stars in the sky added to
all the pebbles on the beach, and yet
more numerous are they" replied the
"Impossible,p cried shaman: @for
how could they be fed2 Where would
all the fish and seals come from TO
feed them?"
I'm one day can they furnish food
| for many tribes said Tom. Ice
| cream, pretzels, hamburger steak,
Mum pudding, green corn and many
other foods in houses set apart for
! eating only. Houses bigger than all
the igloos of our tribes Pictures !
viii show of them ALL" he continued,
after a pause, seeing that they all
stared at him with horror You may
/ believe me or not, but the pictures will
| tell that I speak the truth
Dared Him to Summon Spirit.
Then he went on telling more and
more wonderful things, and, boylike
imagining that he was making a vast
! impression; but all the time they were
/ becoming more and more afraid OF
the spook, as they firmly believed min
to be- When he spoke OF railway
trains as moving houses that flashed
| to and fro across the land, and o.
| houses set close together for mile aft
er mile, and of men talkin to one an
| other. twenty or 100 miles apart, they
shuddered and looked upon him Will
anger. and finally he went to the au
tomobile to procure photographs Il
convince them.
While he unwrapped his bundles tn
head men, with the chief and Shaman
talked together. Soon his mother crep
to him and whispered:
IL,
ere they bring woe on the tribe by mis-
treating you. They are angry an
wish TO avert the anger of Pennipaka
our god, by listening to the dead.
/ Mother" said Tom, II am the live
lest corpse you ever heard of, and
they begin any monkey business L
soon show them a few tricks. 4o
stick right up close TO little Tommy
| and You'll see some fireworks.
: nd ic-
I can see issue from your lips in tn
frosty air; yet you come from the Sci
whence no man ever came before.
MANY more viii come" said Ton
''as you will soon see. Now I'll have
little demonstration for old Shama
that will make him hop," He took OF
q lot of things and arranged them be
fore him, but before he was ready
proceed Shaman and his father cam
10 him. His mother shrank down O
the ground behind Tom and was silen
: casting her eyes from time 70 time
: her own igloo. or cabin, a few fe'
: away Shaman said
shade of the dead child, who hs
been cast back upon his people. b.
{ gone. or 1, the great Shaman. mu
5 summon the god Pennipaka to exp
e you"
. .'.rhis is my tribe. and am its SC
$ and chief to-be," said Tom. WI
e must / begone2 BehOld, return
4 my home tat with knowledge and Wi
r many good giftsi"
3 You must return to the sea-" sa
the medicine man. We can't ha'
spooks around Uppaliki"
Except the humbug ones you pr
Q tend to bring to brighten all the simp
Il people. you old fraud" cried Tom.
: his hearers groaned in alarm, for eve
Z one dreaded the medicine man. al
they expected to see Tom shrivel
: and blow away for saying such aWf
j words The man showed his teeth al
!, snarled like a dog: