Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-17

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All letter not to exceed $50 to 200
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Dear Children:-Well so on with
our Indian Traditions and LIE
gends." Your letters of appreciation
of this story certainly please me.
East, West, North and South"
were regarded as manitous, or spir'
it's, with supernatural power; the
Summer Maker and Winter Maker
were actual characters to the In
dams, who tried to keep the latter
back by throwing firebrands in the
air. To many tribes the Sun was
supreme spirit to whom they prayed
and made sacrifices; many called for
guidance upon Moon. Stars and the
Seven Spirits of the Wind.
In his superstitious beliefs, the
Indian regarded Thunder rs great
black bird, which made roaring
noises when he left his home on the
mountain peak. The Tapping of the
wings of Thunder over lake struck
lightning from the water. Some.
times tribes claimed the power or
fighting the Thunder. When a storm
threatened ''thunder-fighters" would
take their bows and arrows, Their
magic drum, and a sort of Whlstle'
made out Of the wing bone OF a war
eagle, and, thus equipped, would run
out and fire at the rising cloud,
whooping, yelling, whistling and
beating their drums to trlghten II
away. Other tribes said that light
ming was the digging stick OF the
Great One above, and that when the
lightning flashed and the EARN
shook. someone had disobeyed HIS
orders. Although all the North
American Indians resembled each
other in their worship of ANIMALS
and nature, they differed greatly IN
their home life. The various trlbeS
lived in the type of house and ate
the kind of food that best lifted the
climate and was most easily o.
tanned. 4,.o;,.
Ne~+ week we will talk of their
villages and homes.
Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Dear. Aunt Julia and Cousins; nave
been a silent reader of your paper 1or =
long time. l hope you WI please , leo ro or1
state except dear old Virginia. see most
Of YOU cousins have subjects to write on.
Ti,dnpss would be what l would write
about, out as 1t - nnI MA live and 20.
describe myself am ,1n acrns If land not
very far from the city. like the couh-
try where you If eiowars and If anv of
n'o ,i s; ma want INV of nv flower slips,
write to me and l will send You some
Have any of You cousins my olrthuay' oc-
tober j? If L have twin, write 10 me.
am between ltlCce zen anu Iii y%nd them
any ole. guesseS my asV w, II hone
a cara WIN olu EN-" f;rst Tine
you PRINT TINS, as ms ..G,o III Xyirginia -
Here is one verse OIL 0Iu ei"'
nope you prinC a. v1pC1%1Av
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Il love me mountains
Mreatheu IA nie' - or,+Irst
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Inc groves " @Heisn' 0"N' GUN
In olu Virginia.
bono to receive letters from all you
o,',sin mop'
MISS MAGGIE M'CONYILLE.
Tyncbburg, Va, RI. !. Box 126.
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Dear Aunt Julia' AS Tue sun mas sum IN
in the western horizon ana me moon ~
all her glory mas risen 10 eulue me "e"ry
wanderer by nght; we 4eclo P 10 al dS ho ""o
luck at entering the Letter BOX, ana nope
we Will be admitted' thahAS' aunt thnnI We
knew you couldn't refuse; NO 'na Id h,c
cousins, we don care 10 SIT uoWh' an We
while. we really SIT around 100 lhuch, any
way, as we are IN sch0ol. we ceIlaiihS
have line teacher Ethel mas Wilt'en
to TINS paper several tlmeS, Dun Una. n,,o -
Zadie's first time to write to any paper
Guess most of you cousins are fixing for
a Halloween party, are you not! we are
and of course we are expecting glorious
time. Summer, with all of its joys and
sorrows, is over. We can say that our
ever snent Vet we realize that to some it
hro1Ipht much sorrow We attended lots
of ail-Gav singings. picnics. etc Also at
tended two singing schools. Now nat ure
has changed her robe of green for the bril-
liant fall cclors-green, brown, yellow and
gold Autumn and winter are our favorite
SEA sons as we can go nutting and to school.
how many of you like to ride horseback +?
We certainly do. We think it is a very
healthful outdoor sport. We have noticed
of late that some Of the boys are condemn
ing bobbed hair. We both have bobbed hair.
We can say that we have about one hun
bred pupils enrolled in our school and that
about two-thirds Of them are girls, and
out OF this bunch only three of them have
long hair. We think that if the boys would
look at their own faults and try to get
them straight they would have very little
time to always be tattling about the faults
Of the girls. We have faults. and don't
, ~ tbsn tbo bov @o o. siN Wa amy
ised NOT TO stay long didn't WEI We'll.
We arc goins now, w. ora IN roca ~
see who gets The most letters from the
boys and girls. TRY YOUR luck guessing our
ages which is between sixteen and twenty
Ethel is one year older than Zadie. SO, on
with your letters, cousins We will assure
ycu a quick reply. We would especially
like to hear from the western cousins. Merci
Oicn, Auntie, Lovingly,
Ethel M'KAY.
EADIE THOMAS.
Dossyille, Miss, Route l.
Dear Amt lula uoro oo,,o +uo io,,,
liza Aun' 1uiia; mere come Two 9olIF
been readers of the Letter Box for some
time, and enjoy reading the letters very
much. We, like most of the boys and girls
live on a farm, hut can't say we like it
very much. What do you cousins do for
pastime these lovely days? We. through
the week days, go horseback riding, and
enjoy it very much. On Sundays we go to