Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-03

One Of the Early Missionaries.
An Indian speaking rock" bearing
In the Indian sign language the tale Of
the food and the ark. has been found
smooth rocky sides Of the canyon OF
the Wind river in Wyoming. 100 miles
west Of Casper.
The characters. protected by an over
hanging ledge. are well preserved and
perfectly legible. They are rudely cut
cliff and are SO we'll protected that.
unless obliterated by the hand Of man.
they probably will remain ineligible
until the end of time.
When or by whom the characters
were cut in the face of the clif is a
question none can answer, but the saw
age artist undoubtedly knew the story
Of the food Of Genesis. and in his rude
picture writing has told 1t In a manner
which none acquainted with the Indi-
ans universal sign language can fail
to read and understand.
This speaking rock" was seen by
white men-trappers for the Hudson
Bay company-nearly century ago
and was reported to the factor at that
time. But since then, except for an
occasional Cheyenne or Crow Indian.
the eye of man did not gaze upon 1t I'M
til the railroad surveyors discovered
the hieroglyphics some time ago.
AS told by the speaking rock" the
story sets forth that in the days more
great suns years. ago than the leaves
of the forest oak-even before the
earth had nourished an acOrn-the
Great Spirit became angered at the
people Of the earth; that he spoke in a
great voice Nhunder). awful fires fash
ed across the skies and torrents ragged.
The land became desolate. For more
than moon (month) the food swept
and everything was destroyed.
Ark Was q Canoe.
At last there came calm, and a SIN
gle canoe carrying single human and
much game appeared. This canoe
drifted for long time. At length one
day the man, who was dressed in the
skins of the white deer. sent forth
dove. which returned after three
sleeps (nights) with sprig Of the red
willow. The dove was white one.
the Indian bird Of peace.
Then the canoe landed, and the man
got out. The game. which was alive.
leaped from the boat and ran into the
forests, which by this time had again
appeared.
It is supposed the Indian engraver
picked up the story Of the food from
some missionary in the southwest and
was SO struck with it that he wrote
the characters on the great smooth
side of the canyon. Many Of these
speaking rocks are to be found in
the Rocky mountain country. the In
dams often using that system in pre-
serving history Of some great event
in the tribe.
Another speaking rock which Is a
mystery is one to be seen at the Mount
Of the Holy Cross, in Colorado. The
characters on this rock were printed
end have been there since before the
coming Of white men to the Rocky
mountains. Much Of the writing has
been obliterated by storms and shift
ing sands. What is left proves that
originally the words were those Of the
Lords Prayer.
The letters are about six inches long
and two inches wide. The words still
legible are ''nanke thou art nicaze
kin wakandapi kie (thy name holy re-
garded shall nitakiconze (thy kingdom
the come shalD nitowacin THY will
econpi (be done) make (earth, anpetu
kin de takuyultapi to-day the food us
give wawitan story nitawa (name)."
Cross a Sign.
According to the Indians the great
white cross on the mountain formed by
canyons filed with snow and ice, was
put there by the Great Spirit as sign
of pleasure at the coming of the white
men into the lands of the Indians that
one season the cross disappeared (the
heat Of an unusually warm summer
probably melted the SNOWY and that
the Indian medicine men melted the
warrior to war against the whites. set
ting forth that the sign of the Great
Spirits protection had been taken
away.
That year occurred the outbreak
which opened with the Meeker massa-
ere. The story sets forth that after
the following winter the cross reap
peared and the Indians knew the Great
Spirit had again turned his face to-
ward the white people.
The Indians say that simultaneously
with the temperance Of the great
white cross the characters were fash
Toned on the canyon wall and the story
OF the Lords prayer was told by hands
not human.
hieroglyphics Of the food on the walls
Of the Wind river canyon will make
pictures and drawings Of the charac-
ters when next they pass through the
great slash in the mountains. The men
say the carvings are so high up on the
walls that the artist must have been
lowered from the top of the canyon by
ropes.
Children and Promises.
One Of the incomprehensible things
to a child is the fashion some grown.
up people have Of promising and for
getting There is no surer way to lose
a child's confidence and love. Chill
dren do not understand excuses or the
pressure of circumstances. They only
know, 'She said she would, and she
didn't" One child who had used the
word promise was asked to tell its
meaning. He replied. ITO promise is
to keep II in your mind. keep it In
your mind. keep it in your mind till
you do t."-Liverpool Post