Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-22
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with the Gust mary word How! how.


with the customary word Howl how!
aew!,'
s. Ccntinuing, he said: Ilile they a
were drowning in the dark waters, the
wife of a young chief who stood on
The highest pinnacle, raised her hands
IN suppl cation to the Great Spirit,
and while in that attitude she caught
The foot of a large eagle as 1T went
flying swiftly over them, and was car
RED to the top Of a high mountain and
saved. (, 3.5
the waters rushed on to the mighty
rivers and lakes and she was enabled
to care for herself. In time she gave q
birth to twins and as the years rolled B
on the earth was repeopled with ON;
Z Here his warriors again
cheered with the customary 4 How
how! how One old enthusiast end
ing with the prolonged and more EN-
phatie e Waugh r Then in a tone. and
selpplicating attitude Of reverence the &
old war4chief said:
The Great Spirit then showed the
red rock to our people and told them
it was from the blood Of our ancestors.
Runners were then sent out to call the
red men together there and as they
congregated on the plain the Great
Spirit came out on the ID gh rock above
them and, standing on the prscipiee.
made a huge pipe from the red rock
by turning it in his hand, saying: This
is made from the blood of your ances-
tors and is the Great Calumet OF
peace 2 How. how! how! /, 5
Our people were then told that
pipes made from the red stone must
be used for pipes of peace, and that
the war club and scalping knife
should not be raised on that sacred
spot.
AS the Great Spirit ceased from
talking his form was hid In cloud
of smoke that came from the pipe and
spread out over the people and he dis
appeared. Then the place was lit up
with a flash of brilliant lightning, fol-
lowed by deafening thunder and the.
forms Of two old Indian women guar
dian spirits of the place came out
in a blaze of fire and entered the dark
lesEessas gnder the great medicine
rocks. They still dwell there and ans
wer the invocations Of our medicine
men when we visit that sacred place..
! How! how! hoW!-Waugh!'
Far-famed and classic ground, Is it
Iany wonder the Red Man dwel1s there
| in that Indian Eden, where the thun-
derbolts of a Jupiter are Matched by
the little mid du Tounere'- the Thun-
der bird of the Gotean des Prairies
that has its nest in high mound
near there. Eternal bird, incapable
|of reproducing its own species, vet
having the power to hatch and bring
forth the b1ackening thund erstorm and
the Eghtning's red glare. So sayeth
the Indian prophets, and their word is
law. z. d: 4Sl
After recoanoitering the surround
ing country, we camped for the night
near the pipestone quarry.
I was detailed as one of the guards
and was posted on d high point north
of our camp The sun wheeled down
below a mystic horizon, and as twi,
light thickened into darkness the sa,
bile curtain OF night closed over the
hills of vivid green, leaving them
standing in dark outlines in the pale
light of gfbbous moon. During
many long hours of the night watch
ed and waited in silent contempIa
ton; listening to the bowling of
wolves and the distant believing of i
buffaloes. The vague sounds from tine
surrounding wilderness, as the first
gray of dawn illuminated the eastern
horizon rendered the effect solemn.
mysterious and sublime: ShutA nlys
thoughts were concentrated upon the
dangers of our situation and 1 did not
fully enjoy the majestic grandeuff of
our surroundings until the SIM a,rosa1
above the hills in all its sa,IenderSSa
filing my detected heart with Joy andFs
gladness.
4. fTo be continued.)
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