Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-24
Did the Ark Really
Land in America?

and was determined to find out the
cause of his trouble One day there
rose from out of the ground in the
middle of the clearing an old woman,
with a staff in her hand She was
Grandmother Growth, who is at pres
ent the Mother of the Gods. All the
earth belongs TO her and all vegetation
is her product. She made a circle
with her staff, when all the trees
which he had cut down Immediately
stood up; then he understood why his
clearing was always covered with
trees. Grandmother Growth told him
to work no more. for great flood was
coming. She told him that it was not
more than five days Off, and it would
bring a great storm and bitter wind.
Sic told him to make a box from the
fig tree as long as himself and to fit
it with a god cover, and to get inside
and to take with him five grains of
corn and beans of each color, also the
fire and squash stems to feed it with
and black dog.
He did as he was told, and on the
fifth day he had the box ready, and
placed in it the things he was told
Then he entered and the old woman
put the cover en- and seated herself
on, t1rf LO-, -
perched on her shoulder The box
rode on the water for four years.
The fifth year the water began to
subside and the box stopped on a
mountain, where it still rests. The
nan took Cif the cover and saw that
ell the country below was still full
cf water, but by and by the water
tesan to drs- up and trees and grass
sorarg forth? aided by Grandmother
Growth. The man went at work clear
ing field, and lived in a cave, his
cni- c mparion being a dog. On COM
| ic~ seme from his work he would find
| cerncakes ready for him. he was cur
! icus to know who made them. One
day he hid himself among the bushes
ear the cave to watch, when sudden
| ly he noticed woman kneeling down
grinding corn on the metate. She
had been transformed by Grandmother
Growth from the dog into human be-
ing. He threw the dog skin into the
fire, and from that time on she remain
ed woman.
The Box That Rested on the Mountain
They We're married and had a large
family and from his sons and daught
ers the world became peopled and they
lived in caves.
The Ark is made out Of
log wood, which has been followed
out. A piece of carved wood glued
Oh the tip is intended to represent deer
horns; it's purpose was to entangle
the craft in the bushes when the water
! subsidized and thus stop it. The sides
Ct the Ark are decorated with designs
which are symbolic of water and it's
| effects. Inside the Ark were the wood
| en- image representing the ancestor of
| tie Huichols, who was saved from the
deluge, the dog and several squash
stems with which the ancestor of the
tribe kept his fire going.
Their Ancestor Grandmother Growth.
The image shown of Grand
mother Growth, the Mother of the
Gods, is carved out of wood, and rests
on disk carved out of the same block.
The head is profusely covered with
hair made from fine wool. The face
spots, symbolic of corn of all colors.
Her dress is made from pieces torn
from an old garment, and wads OF
black and white wool is symbolic of
black and white clouds, the white of
white clouds, and tie red of red
clouds, or the evening sky. Sticks and
batons of Grandm other Growth of
grotesque shape. with serpent and
animal heads ere in common use
among the tribe, and symbolic the
power and old age of Grandmother
Growth