Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

killed the hunters" Then he called up
an eel and cut out a piece off its flesh.
He burned 1t and said, You did not
kill the hunters" so he let it go. Then
he called up the turtle, which was
guilty. He cut piece off it's flesh and
burned it. He said, You are the one
that killed the hunters" Then he
burned the turtle up and saved all the
ashes.
The turtles ashes were taken back
to Indiana and a bag Of them given to
every brave, making 1t possible for
him to be anything he desired. One
brave just wanted to rest, and he did
until his tribesmen became tired Of
his loafing and took him to an island,
where he went to sleep, and they left
him there. Here is the Indian story Of
his awakening:
The next day this lazy man heard
the waters roar. He went to the water
and saw a large snake coming with
horns like the largest trees. He said
to the lazy man, Get on the highest
tops Of my horns and I will take you
home. You will become smart and you
can kill any game you WISH" He got
on and the snake took him home.
When he got home the people were
very surprised to see him. He became
the greatest hunter and warrior Of the
tribe. The people liked him after that.
Finally he became chief Of the tribe.
A Blackfoot legend tells of an old
man who offended a rock and was
chased by it until he crawled into
hole. The rock blocked the hole, but
fox who was with the man dug a hole
under the rock and the man got out,
nearly famished. The legend goes on
to tell Of his experiences as follows:
AS he came near a stream he saw in
the water some red berries. He was
hungry; he had to have some; so he
began to dive for the berries, but did
not succeed in getting any, so he said.
II have to have some" He went and
got some rocks and cut strings from
the robe, tied the rocks to his neck,
legs and arms and plunged into the
water. After a long time he tried to
come up to the surface, but the rocks
kept him down. He struggled along
till he came to the top. His stomach
was full of water. He felt pretty sick;
he laid down on his back and looked in
the trees and saw the berries on the
boughs overhead. The berries were
over the water. He said to himself.
"I was diving after the shadow of the
berries and I am nearly dead
One of the legends is the story told
by Augustean, an old Pueblo in New
Mexico, about the origin Of prairie
dogs. The Indians of the Staked
Plains were starving and an old man
named Loneliness determined to help
them out He found a magician asleep
in his camp and he laid some roots
across the slumberer's mouth so he
could not awake. Then he stole the
magician's rolls of bark and studied
them. The rolls told Of magic arrow
| that would bring lot Of little ami
mails when shot into the air." Loneli-
nessness shot it high into the air sew
eral times and then broke 1t so 1t could
not be used against him. Then the
fat little prairie dogs began to bark on
every side and there was food for his
starving tribesmen.
Then there is the Cheyenne story Of
| the buffalo and the coyote which
was weary Of having to hunt meat for
| itself when all the buffalo had to do
| for his meals was to reach down and
eat the grass at his feet. So the coy
ote complained to the buffalo that he
sometimes had to eat what you would
not come close to-" The buffalo said
he would help the coyote out Of his
trouble If the coyote would not try to
do the same for any Of his kind and
the coyote promised, so here Is what
the buffalo did:
The first thing the buffalo did was
to dig a deep ditch with his horns,
then he told the coyote to stand at one
end while he stood at the other end,
and he said to him, II will run as hard
as I can. When you see me coming
do not move. When toss you In the
air as soon as you touch the ground
you will be a buffalo" The coyote
stood still, and when he was tossed in
to the air he was changed into a fine
buffalo.
But the coyote did not keep his
promise. He went through the same
process for a brother coyote, then
The real buffalo happened to wake
, and he saw what was going on, but
he acted as If he was asleep and he
said to himself, when you both touch
the ground you will be coyotes again"
They both went into the air, but when
they touched the ground they were
both coyotes again. The coyote was
so ashamed of himself he did not know
what to do. He ran into the tall grass
and hid.-Kansas City Times.