The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-03-13
AN INDIAN TRADITION

The Indian hA,. md0y traditions
and le. Puda ard 'pelr beliefs arc
founded on thsn The Cheyenne'N
tradition low ,he wblc man became
afi.herman is ornuSing, nod is tod In
"The Indian Outlook"
A long tune, before Coiumhus dis
covered America. there wss san Indian
who being very hu0prY Looked about
him for food Flooding none on the
land ne decided to trY rhe water,
but no having anv fishing tackle he
cast about In his mind how to catch
the water animals. At last he hit
upon he idea Of making d line out OF
his own skin, so he cut strip from
the big toe Of his righr foot clear ~
his body above his breast, the across
to his left arm and down one side Of
the second finger ADD up the Other
and Nv the under side of the arm,
down the left side Of his body To his
left foot, then up the "1ck of the leg
duu Tue udCh VI MS OOuf' wv WV iN''
shoulder, and II? the @lde of his face
to the center Of his forehead. Here
he stopped, but did not detach tbs
strip from bis forehead, using this
strip of skin for a line and his body
or pod. tie lied graeshopoer on
this line. spit on 1t and spoke to The
shes, telling them there was some
thing for them to eat Immediately
a arRe fish swallowed the bait aud
the fisherman landed lis game.
Soon white mau came aloEg ara
eeing The number Of fishes the In
dian had, desired the secret OF his
success The Indian told him he
would show him the secret If be
would submit IT, the ordeal. To this
the white man con .ented. He was
afraid OF the Indian but did not dare
10 show it. So when the Indian be
gan cutting the strip OF skin the
wnits man, instead Of showing that
he suffered pain, began laughin g snd
laughed just as hard as he could, say
ing to the Indian, MY friend that
tickles me 50 much L cant help
laughing" After The line was hn
ished precisely as the Indians had
been. the Indian said to the white
man. Now you must only have four
trials" TAe white man cons nted
but when he got away from he In
otap re eaid o him self, "Now J Won I
cat III first throw as TIL bat
th,l will be extra" So he &C. his
libeas The Iudian had done auG dnded
a foe fsh. He cast In a secont time
aud counted this second eff RI as the
first. He landed another so Win
the third and fourth Efforts, the last
time landing the finest aud biggest
fish in the bunch, He went on t.
ward home AMI came to deep hole
where ne said, II will cast in my line
again ann this will be the fourth
tIms.v In reality it was the NTH
He no sooner cast it 10 than large
fish took the bait, VIII en- he tried u
mil the fish out sof the watel
he could not DO so. He pulled ano
pulled, but TO no purpose, Inc nst
began pulling him toward the water
He had no knife to cut the line anC
II would not break. He grabbed a.
the grass and brush on the bank, bu'
the fish continued to pull him In
swallowing he limo as he pulled th'
man nearer aud nearer to MIN, ID
pulled the man into the water anc
swallowed him whole. His VIII
waited for him and he did not conn
home. She did not know where az
was. He was in the tish's belly St
loog that he became desperately huI
0ry. and thinking Of his tobacco h'
took it on. OF his pocket and took
large chew and began splitting. Thi
made the ash sick and he swan q
shore and tried to Vomit the man Ut
but could rot. His wife sent tn
little girl 10 this hole to get pail o
water. Seeing the large fish on IL