Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-08
AN OLD INDIAN myth.
Il Tells a Curious Story About
the Creation.
MOUNT rAHoMA MADE FIRST.

Then Came the Trees, the Birds, the
Fishes and All the Animals With ths
Grizzly Bear the Last and the Great.
eat OF All--rhs Origin Of Man.
The Indians say that the Great Spirit
made Mount Tah0ma the iirst OF all.
Boring hole In the sky, using a large
stone az an auger, he pushed down
snow and Ice until they reached the
desired height, then stepped from cloud
10 cloud down % tho great Icy pile
and from II 90 the earth. where no
planted the nrst trees by merely put.
ting his finger lnte tho soil here aud
there. The sun began 10 melt the
snow. the snow produced water, the
water ran down the aide OF tho noun.
tain. refreshed the trees and made
rivers. The Great spirit gathered the
leaves that fell from the trees, blew
upon them. and they became birds Ito
took stick and broke Il into plecen.
OF the small cnd BIO made Hahcs aud
OF the middle OF the stick be- made auI-
mails. the grlEHly bear excepted. which
he formed from the big end or tho
stick. appointing him 10 DO master
over an the others.
Indeed. this animal grew 10 large.
strong and cumming that the Creator
somewhat feared him and 90 followed
out Mount Tahoma ne q wigwnm for
himself where he might reside while
on earth In tho most perfect security
aud comfort no the smoke was eoon
20 ne seen curling 40 from the noun
tain whore the Great Spirit aud hia
family lived and slili live. though their
hearth Ore d alight no longer now that
The white man IA Ia the land 1ha
was thousands of SHOWS ag0.
After this came a lntc ana severe
sprlngflme, in which memorable
storm blew 40 tfnm the yea. shaking
the huge lodge 10 ~ base. The Great
spirit commanded hln daughter, then
little mcvs than an infant, 10 80 up Rnd
bid ths wind 10 b. attn. canllanlhg her
al tho same sime not 90 put har heed
out into the blast but only 10 thrust
ont her little arm ana make Sign be.
fore she delivered hor message.
The eager child FASTENED np 20 she
hole IN tha roof, dld ~ uhe was loId
aud then turned 10 descend. but haf
curiosity lmpellcd heF 10 look "A tie
forbidden world outside and tho rivers
Rnd tfecea, az fhe far 0cesn aud the
great waYea that The storm had madp
a. n0sfy az tile forest whes the snow
u on the ora 70 she stopped and put
9gt heF hrAd 20 lo9H tnmlantiy thg
storm t00k Der ~ tha long hals aud
hiew her down % the aBfth. down she
m0untnln side over tho uu0oth lca ami
soft Euow. down 10 the Land u ihe
EFlxsiy beam
Now, inc gFfaxiy beaga weFs then
someWhat dlHsrrnt fr0m what they
aFp al ths present rims, In appeaf.
anrs. Il A tEHa lhey wege mueh
lhs same. bpg they walked then 90
fhslF hind lgsa iike men aud tniksd and
earfsed eiaim using gita fcFs limhs a.
msa $50 their arma AZ TIE foos ~ to-
iaaunfsiE. "a fbe plnee whsre the ehiM
was bi1wa " ilyai famllg " gris
nilea Tbe fsfhtF nixxiy uas refuva
ieK FROM me hunt WIN hia cIab % MI
sia9aldFg 2ad yomn9 elk IA his h1nd
wi,ea ~ gaW fha eblYaFia4 Ntfla waif
lsibH "a lts sn0a wiih hef hais sli
feaHied Ai@at har
The "a gfixHiY pifyiD9 sol wudsr.
AS ht is9 stgaage foFiaw efeafara.
nfte1 a W. ana carried " D. 20 hia wife
~ ssa uAsf saaaid " dena Fhe. ie4.
vac pififai sna ~ y fem ~ own
hfpaNk tginmnm II 20 ~ oea "a ii,sR
f&miN ~ ihe daughter ~ the 0reot
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gha gid Wgiwlr mawisa beF, cad tt9lg
Onspgine was EslfhsY EgiNzfY gGg Great
NsfFs. hnf Haa Forrest sa9 Nfream