The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-02

thought symbols. These thought sym
bols We're yet to be slowly and pain
fully invented.
We tried to freight sound with the
vague thoughts that fitted like shnd-
ows through our consciousness. The
Hairless One began to chatter loudly.
BY his noises he expressed anger
against Red Eye and desire to hurt Red
Eye. Thus far he got, and thus far we
understood. But when he tried to ex-
press the cooperative impulse that stir
red within him his noises became glib
berish. Then Big Face. with brow
br!stling nnd chest pounding. began to
chatter. One after another Of us join
ed In the orgy Of rage. until even old
Marrow Bone was mumbling and splut-
terlng with his cracked voice and with
cred lips. Some one seized stick and
began pounding log. In moment
ly our yclls and ordinations yielded to
this rhythm. 1t had a soothing effect
upon us, and before we knew 1t. our
rage forgotten, we were In the full
swing OF heehee council.
These heehee councils splendidly IT.
lustrate the inconsecutiveness and In
consequentiallty OF the folk. Here
were we, drawn together by mutual
rage and the impulse toward co-operal
ton. led or into forgetfulness by the.
establishment OF rude rhythm We
were soclnb!e and gregarious, and
these singing and laughing councils
satisfied us. In ways the heehee coun-
ell was IN adumbration Of the eouus
ellis of primitive man and OF the great
national assemblies and international
conventions of latter day man. But we
folk Of the younger world lacked
speech. and whenever we arc 40
drawn together we Irecipitntcd habcL
out OF which arose unanimity OF
rhythm that contained within itself the
essentials OF art yet to come. IL WIS
art naScent.
There was nothing long continued
about these rhythms that we struck.
rhythm was soon lost. and pande.
monium relgned until we could find
the rhythm again or start n new one
Sometimes half dozen rhythms
would be swinging simultaneously.
each rhythm backed by group that
strove nrdently 10 drown out the other
rhythms.
In the intervals OF pandemonium
each chartered. cut up. hodted. screech-
ed and danced. himself sufficient unto
himself, filled with his own IDEAS and
volitions TO the exclusion OF all others, .
II veritabe center OF the universe. di-
vorced for the time being from any
unanimity with the other universe
renters leaping and yelling around
him. Then would come the rhvthm-a
clapping of hands. the heating OF II
stick upon log the example Of one.
that leaped with rcpetltions or the
chanting Of one that uttered. explosive
~ and regularly, with infection that
rose and fell; "A-banG, a-bang. A.bang..
a-hang." One nfter another ~ the
self centercd folk would yield 10 II.
and soon all would be dancin. or
chanting In chorus "Hn.ah. hn.nh,
ha.ah-ha.' was one Of our favorlie
choruses. and another was. "Eh-wah.
eh-wah, ell wah-hah!"
And so. with mad antics. leaping.
reellng and overwhelming. we danced
and sang I'm the somber twilight of the
prmeval world, inducing forgetful.
ness, achieving unanimity and work.
Ing ourselves up into scnsuous fren.
~, And so II was that our rage
against Red Eye was soothed away by
art, and we screamed the wild
choruses Of the hee-hee council until
the night warned us of Its terrors, and
we crept away to our holes in tho
rocks, calling softly to one another.
while the stars came out and darkness
settled down.