East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24

Car-no-wits dIsgustedly. "why
should you do that now?"
"But 1t is necessary that her rela-
tions should bury her. sobbei Pal
outs pun.
Leaving the coffin where it was
the funeral procession retired in a |
body to the boat and brought out
the corpse.
Now, what shall we do with this
dead person." demanded Little SAL
mon, when there must'be two men |
on each side of the box and one man
going in front?"
There are no persons TO carry the
body" agreed Car-no-wits who was
quite disgusted because the funeral
procession had been interrupted just
when he was getting into the hang
of the thing OF carrying the stick of
wood and holding his head down
mournfully.
: There is wa-ho-pa." observed
/ I'm cha -pelt who often had bril-
liant ideas with but very little op-
] portunity OF giving them expression.
she is a strong. young squaw ana
/ could pack this dead body very nice
ly."
she is strong" agreed Little SAL
mon, land with throngs We could
strap the body on her back like te-
/ vat"
Wa-ho-pa wa saccordingly pressed
into service. The dead body was
strapped on her back like an ordinary
| pack. the coffin regained and the
| funeral procession reformed
Arriving at the burying ground
without further mishap, and q suit
able hole having been scraped out the
dead body was lowered into It and
the last sad rites were being per-
formed by Car-no-wits and the piece
of wood with the promptings of Little
Salmon who stood at his side and in
/ structed him in the motions he
should go through, when it was dis
covered that there was the box on
top OF the ground and the corpse in
tie ground.
The four pail bearers resumed
their stations and the box was de-
voutly conveyed TO the grave. But
II wouldn't go down. They tried 1t
first right side up and then bottom
side up with the same result. Then
they tried II sideways and endways,
but the hole was entirely too small,
the box would not go in. After con-
sultation they decided to reduce the
size of the box by breaking 1t up and
!. putting the pieces in. They were
just about to proceed on this prin-
ciple when Little Salmon gave voice
to a brilliant idea.
This is a very nice box" he said,
addressing his companions but leav-
ing out the squaws, 'and If 1t is put
in the ground 1t stays there in the
ground and nobody sees what a nice
. box 1t really is. Now, II we take this
box back with u.s." he continued
: fondly rubbing his hand over the
pane OF window glass in the top
: when we go down the river after
!: salmon and we catch few salmon
: and we put those same salmon ir
: this here bo and shut this box ur
again then the dogs coming alons
: will see this salmon inside but the
. dogs cannot get the salmon"
: Accordingly It was agreed that tn,
box should go back for future us'
in salmon fishing.
Later in the spring Deacon" Nye
making a trip pj the river, was yer,
: much surprised upon meeting par
: ty of salmon fishing Indians to se
four squaws carrying rudely mad
coffin in which reposed six papoose
of ages from one to six years, Will
another squaw walked sedately be
: hind carrying what was apparentl
the lid OF this coffin in which ther
was a pane of common window glas,
When he asked them where the
were going they said they We're goin
! down to the falls to catch salmon.