New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

e. l. Wvardocte i the name Of
tNF- IA small tribe OF good Indians that
81 s-4st-sy used 70 i've lar. lar. from here
FA = II the banks OF great -Ive- They
E-y ! Il l-e ali gone now. and scattered
~ ike the leaves OF autumn Nyau-
f}ss go Qotte W yOlyo great Indian
god who loved his people as the
ea-. ..-- rs Young. Nvandotte : his home /
is great cave. one moon, TWO moon, three moon.
1s---.. from here
.- a-..s surround the cave and wolves whose
r-- ire ike the pebbles of The -1Ver guard is
ea--- Two devils with fiery breath stand IN
sf. -.- .11-vav - consume anyone Inlawfullv
--..-- enter bar i who has good right 10
er--- .ai succeed II passing beyond the portals
Of -.- .are death would overrake him before he
cs- --.,-- to the sunlight. There are many rooms
-ar. a-eEgavS and one who does not know the
Ike the labyrinth OF the cave would be lost
t1a -e--es II is stony heart. and would perish
--.-- Hanging from the roof OF the cave and
s--.--.-- from is floor are white devils. Of
th-. -1. -ou- ten. times bigger than = man, and
tl--e devils laugh ~ those who are lost II their
--. .-- .-i G--Ve them mad.
.t.rr. many. moons ago.-so many thai their
r--. like The trees OF great forest ave. ike
Il. leaves ot The trees IL sIrlI1g.-there lived not
f. ---- TINS marvellous cave 4 trloe OF Indians
cs .-- themselves Nyand0rres For many years
---. 5-l u8- know Of the cave. tor Il was hidden
amid bare and rocky hills and they did not climb
-- hills. because their god. WvandOtte Wyolyo,
-...t among them and The place OF ms home was
.-i . -he-.
7 tNG long. ago one spring when the deer were
= .-l-zlng forth their Young, and the leaves OF
- forest were bursting IurO bud. tribe OF people
whose faces bore the color ot the poor white ground
r1ereon maze VIII not grow. came down the great
-.ve- on which the Wyandottes lived built their
houses and planted their crops on the 1Ch black
ground near the -Ee- banks.
Summers came and went. and the white faced
tribe sva--ued u The home OF the Wyandotres.
ravS with increasing numbers he new tribes
Ike from the WyauGottes their rchest ground,
-.---4,- 70 raise their own maize and tobacco Il
the NNandor-eS complained. the whites IeII upon
t.--- and beat them and killed them with magic
-.E- thar breathe forth tre and death l he white
--..- stole NOT only the home Of the Wyandottes
-E 4 the -1ch fields their fathers had cultivated. but
--. --.v people killed the game ot the forest, ana
-he dld not Kill they drove from The land with
-.. thunder u their arms
..l- all the peoples OF the earth. the Wyand0tte
lens were the most beautiful I heir great eyes
wire LIS tender as the mother doe and spanked
- The stars N the blue black SKY on a moonless
--.- Their faces were Ike The lar tuI moon
-. look on them brought 10y 10 their husbands
.. -.-- IT --s-,r-e Their natures were Ike the
--- --.---- and Their breath was ike the south
.-. -.Er--E through he forest when The sweet
a.. blooms The Great Fathe- loved the NEar-
.--- and he SAID u The beginning
.-r r-r-e IL this tribe the most beautiful
u AL the earth. - make glad ana strong
hearts 9t the braves
was II that tribe. and nay heart Is s5-e i'- me
-a- scattered people.
hen the -re- of the white tribe saw or- beau
ss-.. they coveted them ard coaNed them
When The -uaiders could nor be cJaEeC,
lite men stole them, kept them 1or time.
-E them with hardslIps and blows
= z er a time SO many summers ago that
- have lost the count. there lived among the
---z a --.-,-7g man who was called by his
Eeurg-11 which means II The language OF
The Big Nan Who Talks Little. Non
hen s-.- Young. was brave hunter lie
.. -.-.-1r- man nor beast loved ms goo. 'Fa7 a
-. his father and gave - each man ms que.
Was u GOOD or evil. VIII I9- speak ~
Joy The man thar sings the NJ ~ ms
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