The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30
Indian Legend Pictures
feird Wooing in Love
| of Young Buck
THUNDER SCARED HIM
legendary God Proposed He
Ride Huge Snake, Turtle
for a Saddle

,eSend wooed the 'Thunder's sister,
bsd most exciting experience. In
,bo language of the legend the peo-
nlo in the olden time were fond of
s,pcing and often INDUCED in the
,,Slme. Sometimes they spent
|hF night in dancing. one of the
|darcing places was on the banks of
chatta ahoochee, q famous stream of
no ancient Cherokee nation. and
sner particular dance was well
under way and the large crawd
nresent was making merry, there
snpeared two young women. No one
Lpew them, nor had any knowledge
from whence they came, but they
were graceful dancers and had many
nsrtners throughout the night, but
sarly IN the morning stole away so
ouetly that no one knew just when
,bev went In the rather brief perl
m OF the night. however. one of the
Young warriors of the Cherokee had
ALLEN i'm love with ont of the strange
and beautiful women because of her
very long and lovely hair
Tasted 10 Prove Love.
After the manner of his people he
| rad asked her through the medium
Of one OF the wise old men IL she
would consent to become his wife.
reply OF the young woman had
le.h that her brother must first
be consulted. Seven days later the
beautiful strange woman had said
she would return and the warrior
should then have an answer. In
/ the interval, though, the warrior, in
T order TO prove his love, must fast
most rgldly. He gave his consent
and awaited impaQently the end of
the seven days.
sevCn nights after there was an
ether dance and after some time the
ame two women, sisters. came in as
quietly and as suddenly as they had
On the previous occasion. They told
he warrior that their brother was
iTeeable for the marriage to pro-
iced but that after the dance ne,
he warrior. must 80 home with
them but he was warned that II he
mthtloned to any one where he went
o. what he saw he would most sure
y die. The warrior agreed and
danced with the women as he had
On the night of the other dance.
Win daylight was near, he, with
~ two women stole away and made
Asir way along a trail. One of the
women led the way until they came
Na small stream and without hesi'
ung the women stepped off the
bana but the warrior paused, think
ing and saying to himself. they
are walking in the water and / dom
van, to do that" The womer
knew his thoughts and one of then
said, This is not water. 1t Is tht
road 10 our hoMe." When he ther
stepped into what he had though
was water he found it only greer
n grass which made a fine and leve
Ytrail. They followed this trail unit
they reached a large stream which
the warrior knew was the Tallulai
river, but the women went in with
out pausing, and again the man hes
iated on the bank. thinking to him
self, This water is very deep ant
may drown me-" Again the womei
knew his thoughts and said to him
This is not water, but the main trai
Which leads to our home" So tn
warrior stepped in and found tina
lere was only tall, waving grass
which closed above his head as h
ollowed after the sisters.
Then Thunder Came.
The two women and the mai
went on for q short distance an,
then came TO a rock cave close un
Ger the great falls of the Tallulah
me two women entered, saying
This Is our home" but the .warrio
Stopped at the mouth Of the cave
The women said, Come IN, ou
brother our brother will soon be a
zone; he is coming now" Lo'
nunder was heard murmuring Il
ne distance. The warrior went In
sde but stood close to the entrance
the women then took off their lon
hair and hung It upon a rock. Bot
melt heads were as smoth as pump
klns and the man was now fright
ehed, thinking. 1T is not hair at all
Inc younger of the two women, tn
ole he was going to marry. sat dow
snd told him to take seat besid
Icy He looked down and the sea
large turtle, which sUetche
vH It's claws but the young woma
@ld mat 1t was a seat. Just the
mere was louder roll of thunde
snu the woman said. "Our brothe
nearly home" They urged tn
WARRIOR 10 sit down but he refuse
w suddenly there was a great ella
thunder apd turning, the warriC
man standing in the, entranC
The cave.
Thls Is our brother" one of II
.omen said, and he walked in an
s s' himself down upon the great tu
w which waved its claws, but Il
afrlor still refused to sit dow
ae brother than said that he WI
"N ready to start to a council an
hed the warrior to go with hir
he warrior said he was willing
II only he had horse, so II
'ouhg woman was ordered to brir
ne. She went out and son returne
aaing a great uk-tena, or snak
t twisted along the entire lengt
NE cave. The warrior was no
,'noly frightened and said, 9TH
snake, | can't ride that" b
~, @hers' declared that It was I
b,s|e but a riding horse. I'll
S%her may like 1t better II W
Ing him a saddle and some brac
~ Tor his wrists an arms"
women went out again al
sught in a saddle and bracelet
.ss .he saddle was another turf
po me bracelets snakes. The wa
~. was now nearly dead wi
M" and said to himself. "Wh
na,ot ot awful place Is this? / C,
snser stay here and live with snak
n. creeping things"
me brother then became We
cosy and called the warrior a gre
ESS,saFd, and then 1t was that som
nng Ike lightnitg flashed from Il
sud eyes and struck the warri
cnTre was q terrible crash