Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-15
The Tipping Up Of the Earth Caused
the DeIuse Which Ensulfed thu
Worid-The Mysterious Ark and the
Escape of the Chosen Few. 4

ether reason which makes it still more
difficult for the Indian to believe that
the food was punishment to the
world is the fact that with him there
is no sin. In his language there is no
such word. nor does he expect to be
punished for any of his acts.
But though there is no equivalent to
the word sin in the Indian language
(nor in the Indian mind until the
Christians came), the Indians have
their philosophy in regard to what is
commonly SO termed. Some Of their
teachers (most of whom claimed to
have been taught the philosophy Of
life and it's laws directly by disem-
bodied spirits or by ethereal beings
from other planets) taught that as
man lives here so is his life hereafter.
If he is quarrelsome or warlike here,
30 he will be in the more spiritual life.
If he is serene and contented here SO
he will be there, etc. .a r~,.
The deluge, as described by the few
who were miraculously saved, was the
more grandly terrible in that il, came
on suddenly. From the highlands oc-
cupied by the Indians they saw the
waves of the sea sweep in upon the
land and recede, only to advance with
immensely increased volume and stu
pendously huge breakers. Then there
came a terrific storm that seemed to
blow from all and in all directions.
The storm caused huge waterspouts
which appeared over the wild ocean
as far as the eye could see. The terri
fed people fed to the mountains, but
these were all soon to be submerged,
with the exception Of one. This moun-
tain which alone remained uncovered
by the flood is called Avee-heilah
(Mountain of the Noon, vet today it is
not very high mountain. =
For awhile before the mountains be-
came submerged there was a great
calm, and dense fog covered the
earth. Then suddenly a mighty boat
appeared to the awed view of the In
dams. 1t approached and stopped at
the several mountains still uncovered
by the waters, and at each point where
it touched, as if guided by invisible in
telligence, the Indians, as if obeying
an unspoken but potent command, en-
tered the boat. sE@
The boat rested first at place called
Avee-qua-lul (mountain peak), now Pr
lot Knob, on the border of Mexico.
There was mesa on the top Of this
mountain. though at this day it does
not exist and on this mesa the Indians
first celebrated their delivery. This
they did by playing sacred games.
chanting sacred songs, etc. On rocks
at the foot of this peak there are hero
giyphics in an unknown language,
which some Of the Indians believe were
made by those who survived the Hood.
Fortified driftwood is still to be seen
two-thirds the distance up the sides Of
Avee-heilah, which drift, the Indians
say, was deposited by the waves Of the
great food.
The Indians, having rested for time
on the mountain peak, again entered
the boat and were carried eastward,
eventually to small valley. Here
they again rested, and then, leaving
the boat, they wandered from one place
to another, after time returning to
the valley. To their surprise, the boat
was gone. 1t could not have foated
away, for the land was dry whereon
they had left 1t, the food having sub.
sided after great calm Of its waters
The boat could not have crumbied to
pieces, for there had not been time fol
its decay. They could only conclude
that the mysterious boat, having full
filed it's mission Of preserving a few
Of their race, had disappeared as mi
| raculously as it had appeared.
The spot where the mysterious boat
4 or ark, had rested was marked by the
Indians placing there a huge log. They
called the place Qual-jo-para boats
resting place.. This spot is held sacred
by the Indians, who will seldom poin1
1T out to strangers, Not many hundred
years ago, 1t Is said, some Indian war
riors were passing the spot and one 81
them to show his skepticism shot al
arrow into the side of the great log
Immediately stream Of blood gushet
from the spot pierced, and the skepti,
fell dead. The story of the event wal
carried to all the near tribes, and sine,
then Indians passing the place fear b
even look leisurely at the log.
4 a reason given by the Indians as th,
| probable cause OF the food was tina
there was a tribe Of Indians who, Ink
4 Columbus, believed that the earth wa
not fiat, but round, and to- prove whetll
/ er this theory were true thousand
from the different tribes banded togeth
err and started out on q journey to fin,
i the edge Of the earth lie 1T was fai
The food occurred soon after the IN
i dams starte on this journey, SO tina
they really believed that those adyer
i turers had reached the edge OF TIL
earth and their weight had tipped til
earth to such an extent as to cause th
water to rush In on the land.--Los All
! geles Times.