The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

fornia was seen coming. When the
news was brought TO my grandfather
he asked what they looked like?
When told that they bad hair on their
faces and were white, he jumped up
and clasped his hands together and
cried aloud. My white brothers-my
long looked for white brothers have
come at last
HE Immediately gathered some of
his leading men, and went 10 the
place where the party had gone into
camp. Arriving near them, he was
commanded to halt in a manner that
was readily understood without an
interpreter Grandpa at once made
signs of friendship by throwing down
his robe and throwing up his arms TO
show them he had no weapons; but
in vain-they kept him at distance.
He knew not what TO do. He had
expected SO much pleasure in welcom-
ing his white brother TO the best in
the land. that after looking at them
sorrowfully for little while he came
away quite unhappy. But he would
not give them up SO easily. He took
some of his most trustworthy men
and followed them day after day,
camping near them at night and
travelling in sight of them by day,
hoping in this way to gain their con-
fidence. But he was disappointed,
poor, dear old soul"
Thinking they would come again
next year, he called his people to-
gether, and said TO them:
I'm the beginning of the world
there were only four. two girls and
two boys. Our forefather and mother
were only two, and we are their chill
dren You all know that a great
while ago, there was happy family
in this world. One girl and one boy
we're dark, and the others were white.
For time, they got along without
quarreling, but soon they disagreed
and there was trouble. They were
cross to one another and fought, and
our parents were very much grieved-
They prayed that their children might
learn better. but it did not do any
good, and afterward the whole house
: hold was made SO unhappy that the
, father and mother said that they
must separate their children, and
then our father took the dark boy and
girl and the white boy and girl and
asked them, Why are you SO cruel TO
: each other?' They hung down their
! heads and would not speak. They
; were ashamed. He said to them,
: Have / not been kind to you all, and
/, given you everything your hearts
) wished for? You do not have to hunt
{ and kill your own game to live upon.
|. You see, my dear children, I have
! power TO call whatsoever kind OF
: game we want to eat. and / also have
the power TO separate my dear chill
E dren, If they are not good to each
| other So he separated his children
Q by a word He said. Depart from
! each other, you cruel children; go
4 across the mighty ocean and do not
4 seek each others lives
!, so the light girl and boy disap-
peared by that one word and their
, parents saw them no more. and they
q were grieved, although they knew
! their children were happy. And by
p and by the dark children grew into a
= large nation. and we believe it is the
one we belong TO, and that the nation
that sprang from the white children
will sometime send some one to meet
: us and heal all the old trouble. Now,
:. the white people we saw few days
. ago must certainly be our white bro
Tiers, and l went to welcome them
l want to love them as 1 love all OF
YOU. But they would not let me, they
: were afraid. But they viii come again
and want you one and all TO promise
that, should i not live to welcome
them myself, you will not hurt hair
:. on their heads. but welcome them as
- l tried to do
:, For once the chiefs dream came
!. true; the very next year, some white
men bound to California, resting near
~. Tie dONCpACO NAC AAAOA0Ay CIV
= vances and offered gifts One OF
:. these, a bright tin pan, was joyously
hailed by the whole nation and i'm
- mediately and solemnly put TO use
- by the chief as hat
But in spite of the belief OF thu
Piutes that they could heel the ole
:. trouble and that they were the equa
of the white brothers, the stranger
gave Captain Truckee's people next tc
=" no quarter and drove the Piutes il
their hour of triumph over all othel
Shoshones, into making peace with
the nations leading enemy, the Wa
shoes, after century OF victoriouI
- warfare, and into settling down int
nv the tame life of the civilized mar
with freedom TO make war on nobody