Hungry Horse news., 1948-12-31
School Completion Nears

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le kan, who dwells in his great lodf
oil under the shelter of the odoro'
" cedar which grows near the hea
lie waters of the river of life, whlc
is in the north land, heard the II
" vocations of his children, and q
x had deep compassion towar
t them" So said Amotkan to Tola
e pus, the tutelary spirit who bear
: eth the souls of babies to be borl
9 to earth-life down the north rive
, to the lodges of men. Tolapus
r the hearts of my people are heAv.
, with sorrow. They cry to me. The.
perish. I shall build them anew
For them I shall replenish thei'
lodges with many children. Theil
plains with mighty herds (bison)
Their mountains with deer and
elk. Their streams with fish. And
the people shall remember me at
the feasts of the harvests. 1t is
good.
"Tolapus, place thou a bough of
the odorous cedar Cedar, a SYM
boil of both fertility and immortal
ity in Salish mythology in the
medicine bag of the sacred other
pelt. Take thou it in thy canoe
and go thou down the river of life
till thee contest to the land of the
Salish. There in the waters of
the spring to which Ekone shall
guide thee. place the cedar Dough,
and make powerful medicine, such
as I make in the great lodge under
the shelter of the odorous cedar
near the head waters of the river
of life which is in the north land.
Then shall the people drink
Of the water and their lodges,
their plains, their mountains AMI
streams shall TEEN with new lives
It is good"
Then after many suns, Tolapus,
bearer of new souls to the lodges ]
f men, come to this place of the
pring and he placed therein the s
dorous cedar Dough, and he made L
nedicine power for the Salishans C
Then came the people to drink
he water and to carry horns of +
to sprinkle in their lodges, upon a
ne plains, through the mountains.
the streams. Then again there X
ere many young braves and maid 5
IS in the lodges, game on the II
lains and through the mountains, II
nd in the streams were many fish
ON Wecoma. M
The Salish and Kootenais be- d.,
me many in number like the III
'edles on the great growing
'ruce. So the people remembered re
e Kindness of Amotkan at the ne
ats of the harvests, and they q
lied that place where the water D
Many Babies. !
carloads of Martin City y
ople Journeyed to Roman Wed Y
sday to attend the funeral rites Y
Harry Lloyd Townsend who y
ssed away at his ranch home Y
IT Friday. Mr.. Townsend had Y
en- a resident of the lower Flat n
nd valley since 1910. Y
several neighbors of the Karl Y
ants, Greene Heights, lowered r
Grants trailer house to the n
'und Monday. This will make 81
place warmer for the family
lie Karl is in a Kalispen hos -
al.
dr. and Mrs. Bill Sands and Z
rry, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam (Red) 4
18th and little Miss Susan Smith. 3
rtln City, spent Christmas with z
IS mother in Roman. 3
l Martin City man counted the z
casses of six deer in the Lion =
e region. z
lr. Benny Hull, who has been =
ting members of his family at K
ak, Wash, has returned to 4
rtin City. x
is a pleasure to learn that Z
e Miss Lenna Dell Burland, !
has been quite sick, is now <
'vering in good shape. 3
Hen V. McClusky, farmer in K
Glendive region, spent sever 2
lays last week in this vicinity. Z
McClusky stated that he has =