Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-01

and wllan the lash was lifted against
her own flesh and blood the princess
turned before sill ne do III Iii sEsea
from exhaustion ~ eliliscd bod ls.sgss,
mot ,es :snd the kiliggt -;
. The gods answered quickly The sun
sent down a heat so fierce that the /
streams dried up, vegetation beca me
scorched, the animals sought new
abodes, while queen and people died i
as though by plague.
But In the midst of the desolation |
the palace half completed may be seen
to this day il fortune favors the tray
eler with a mirage.
+ An amusing ghost story haunts the
early history Of Santa Barbara island
Such were the awful noises heard
by ships in passing that every sailor on
board. devoutly crossed himself, CON
WINGED that it was the head Quarters Of
swimming and flying monsters. Un-
fortunately for the sailors yarns it
was latterly discovered that some ship
wrecked cats had landed on the is
land, their numerous progeny living
sumptuously on dead fish and the eggs
and the young sea fowl.
Long before the first white man en-
tered Kern county that locality was
Inhabited by superior race far adj
/ vanced IN arts and devout worshipers
of the Great Spirit IN fact, one OF
their number so excelled In wisdom
that the others fell down and wor
shipped him, and in jealous anger the.
Great Spirit caused the earth to shake
and swallow up the entire population,
i afterward wiping out every yestige Of
their idolatry by pouring water into
! the valley until 1t became an inland
sea. sss3s 5
Later repenting him of the evil and
in impatience over his own vengeance,
the Great Spirit threw up the earth
smoking with heat into the Sierra Ne
i vada mountains, broke away the hills
damming up the lake at its foot and
drained off the water into the sea at
4 the Golden Gate. Then he opened the
i mouth of the earth and released the
4 Jonahs from their long captivity.
4 Little took they the lesson to heart.
Il No sooner had the place blossomed
!, into beauty again than they fell into
&. idolatry once more, the wOrshiped
9 chief going SO far as to challenge the
Il Great Spirit to single combat The an
( swer was a thrust Of the gage in theil
n very faces. The race was exterminat
ed forever by a horde Of sayages from
!, the Mojave desert, while whirlwind
\ swept away all vegetation. =
i But if we are tracing back to tht
; origin of things we must dig deepel
till we reach the legend of Mount Shas
t ia, the very first part of the earth t
& be create
FL The Great Spirit broke hole in tn,
8 floor of heaven with huge rock ant
! | went son throwing down more rock
until he could step from the sky upol
: the top of the pile.
Y Then caressingly he touched tn
e sides of the heap with his hands, an
b forests sprang into being. Leave
d from the trees he plucked and breatt
6 ed upon until they futtered into th
S air, fleet winged birds. Beasts an
E fishes he also formed from his staff
. And SO in love he became with tn
E mountain of his creation that he; ho
i lowed it ont into a wigwam, .'wher
HI he dwelt for centuries, the smoke Q
|. his lodge fire being often seen pourin
! from the cone before the white ma
( came. May G. Ringwalt in Los Ar
4 geles Times. ~