The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-20
SECTION THO
BY CHARLES N. CREWDsON

the woods or on hill The father wiz watch. If the
chAo - allI1clea Dy some 0iIl-l ~ at---se .'s
it is easy how hatswol could get such name
as whirlwind. No-Shirt, Ran-n- the-Face or Lazy
Dog; or q petes could by being called spotted
Favvn. Light he-kill or Eat-No-AleaL
Cayuse twins-Tox-e-lo and A-lun-pum They both
yet 1--we, and years old.
Among savage tribes great many infants suffer
er compes let her babe be killed. Mere often
however Of evil spirits the cause Of the death
Of savage sucklngs. Twins. being uncommon, are
thought to be the children OF the devil and it is the
custom Of most tribes even now 70 put them % aeatn
So after their birth there hung in he balance the lives
OF Tosc-e-lox and Alum pum
When Chief No-Shirt. who rules the Cayuse tribe,
heard that twins had come to HiU-y -an-hi-m (Nnue
Fswn), the squaw Of Ha- hotsne moN lYellew Griz-
yellow Grizzly Bear. who loved his two girl papooses
very much, went to Chief No-Shirt asked that
call grand council at which the whole tribe might
At the powwow the father Of the twins was asked 90
tell why the Cayuses should break their tribal law and
let his twins live yellow Grizzly Bear made speech.
To the tribe he recalled q legend which 10
Is the history.
He said that long time ago when the bunch grass
high contrary to the custom on the Cayuse law
had been let 10 live They grew UP to be beautiful
young sQuaws. one day two Bannock ulcuns thraves)
came to visit the Cayuses The chet took them into MS
tepee They fell in love with the twins. They planned
to steal them
After few days Chief Cougar Shirt and his braves,
20 make il pleasant for their BannecE guests took
them cut Tor hunt The chief had given them to ride
his sWlILesI ponies W hen lney al nsQ gone several
miles the two BannOcks quit the hunting party and
Cayuses. who had the Bann0cks make eyes at
the wins0ne twin daughters OF Cougar Shirt. knew
what the BannoclIs were up to and began to chase
them 1t wild race. but the swifter ponies OF
the BannOCks bore them the tepee where the twins
were ahead OF their pursuers. The visitors then
mounted their fresh. swift ponies, took the
maidens behind them made way for their country
the Snake river The young CayUses followed
but never caught the BaRnOczs
Cougar Shirt declared against the Bannock
tribe. he went to see nearby tribes, the Walluas
and the Umatuas, both OF whom agreed TO join him.
But before these two peoples could send their warriors
forward the BannocR- had come against the CayUses
and whipped them.
IT know you say now kill my two .papooses." said
Cougar shirt. But ne went say that ne had had
a dream (snd Indians have great faith I'm dreams).
His two papOOses were 10 break the evu charm that
the twins OF long had cast the tribe his
dream Yellow Grizzly Bear said his twin girl papoOses
grew up TO be young squaws, the most beautiful OF
their tribe. He saw one of them wed the Of the
Wallula chief and the other marry the heir to the
Umata throne The three tribes at the double we'd
ding united They all made against the BAN
nocSs, their foe for so long, and overcame them.
AT the end Of the speech Of yellow Grizzly Bear a
ballot taken. Not one present at the powvyow
voted that the twins should die.
So many whites even in the northwest are watch
ing with interest the growing up Of TOX-e-oK and
A-lum-pum-
j -Copy-ighted-- Ily CHARLES n. Cra7zdson.