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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1929)
T >ge 4 ' r ' : TWICE-TOLD IN D IA N LEGENDS (Continued from page 1) CHEMAWA AMERICAN ment ran high and the occasion was in every sense both interesting and profitable. Among the girl contestants Cleo Plasteur, a senior, tention at the gambling table. They had some one took first prize and Malda Whiteagle, a junior, took stationed at intervals along the trail to catch the fire Second; the first place forboys was taken by Lawrence Crofoot, a senior, and Aaron Sookum, a junior, placed a s jt came along. The last ope was the^turtle., , ’; a /'•“ .■•X’ ' .^ b é n lh e . owner; saw’thefn running1 with it. he ran second. ' p.= ! ‘ The fudges were ajl from Silverton—Messrs. Goetz, after them to get the fife back. When the turtle got Hardy aud Dunn, the former being the superintendent it he was about to jump into the water when he was of schools of that city. Thanks are due these gentle caught. The owner of the fire smashed his back up men for their tiuje and kindly and able service. The on sonie willows and’since then the turtle bears the band furnished music and all in all the occasion was a lively one and Miss White, acting principal,; should scars upon his back. be well pleased with her success. The list of titles and . After that the Indians got the fire by rubbing small contestants follows: willow roots together on a large, rough stick until the P r o c e s s io n a l...................................................... Band flames blaze. That is the way the Indians made their Jerry, The Bobbin B o y ...................... Lucy Craig fire before they got mfitçhçs. ^Ninth^Grade The Soul of the Violin f| - - ■ Melda White Eagle BRIGHT SKY Eleventh Grade . ' By GRACE PEPION Chemawa Student •’« la years long past, when Indians were governed by When Class “ A ” Gave Thanks - - Serena Twiggs chiefs, a tribe once’ lived in the valley of the Niagara Tenth Grade River. They were ruled by a chieftain strong in Char The White H ands of Telham - - Cleo Plasteur acter and bddy, and very truthful.. Bright Sky was Twelfth Grade hisonly child. He'loÿed her more than his life. The Rider ofrthe Black Horse - - Claud Parazoo The laws of tradition .taught them that one of, their’ Ninth Grade tribe should, die each, year in the ‘N iagara Balls. This A Vision oi'MtaX—Memorial Day - Bred Sandberg sacrifice w a| to prove the loye of the tribe, for th ^ . Tenth Grade Great Spirit. The one who was chosen was,put in a - Aarofi Sookum éanoe without paddles and ïet free‘in the angry waters’' ; A 'Plea for Patriotism - -' Eleventh Grade to float down over Niagara Balls. - The time had come for them' to*-hold their annual- ~^I«n-the Toils of^heE-uenry*“'''*’-"--'- Lawrence Crofoot . Twelfth Grade meeting to select the person who was to give his life. W ho .should be chosen b u t Bright Sky, the ¿¿hieftaifi’s - Music '- - - T “ "•'i . - Band •daughter,-his prjdeand joy! “ Judges^,Decision y t> ?..'AU the (tribesmen ‘thdng'ht that he. certainly would _• . . Band have thein Fast lots again since it had, fallen to his; Recessional - - - - - — _ daughter to be thg sacrifice. »Eut not so. w All through his life he had never, taught his people through'w ord LOCAL Of example either dishonesty or cqwardiçe. -The, re Once in a while a “ good item” comes to us un sult of casting lots had fallen to his daughter and it solicited and rejoices fis- kîmost beyond-' re ¿son; for would stand. In the evening wheh‘ «shadows were lengthening, instance, the following note froni Supt. Neal of Warm- Bright Sky was troddingthê'path to the river. As she spring Agency to, Supt. Lipps regarding some printing lett her wigwam she bid'fafewelTto h er pdny, to the fehaL..W£ did recently for the Agencyu*“ The Superin -squirrels that had ^hatt^red^ii^he^pA^WS^'When, a, tendent wishesAp. take tfiis- opportunity of expressing- child, the birds th at cheered .her when she. was lonely, ids thanks? to th e printers df the Salem Indian School, and all the intimate little , animals of the wood that Chemawa, Oregon, for the excellent work ¿turned out; cam ènear her when) she‘rested frorpher daily duties; by that department for this Agency.' The above printed , . Bravely she marched", down the shore to : start her matter is just as neat, clean ànd art'istib as afiy com death journey. . Multitudes darkened ■; the shores to mercial work heretofore contracted by this Agency. ” give 'tfieir, lpst 'farewell to. her. Messrs. Samuel VanPelt and Frank Lowry, mem ■ Bright’ Sky seated herself in the canoe, and smilingly bers of the Curry County Indian Association, paid turned to wave her -last adieu t o , her father. • As she Chemawa a business visit the past week. These quickly glanced over the throng, she spied his stately people are working on their claims against the Govern form nearing;fier. When he approached'Be took the ment for compehsation fbr' lands taken and to which seat by her side. Swiftly they glided down thé rush title has not been extinguished. Mr. Lowry is a ing current, then vanished in the angry falls; , former student of Chemawa, having entered school in Neither-had a fear of death,:because.they had served^ 1889; he married a Chemawa girl and took her to his the tribe honestly, taught only'the right things, had home n t Gold^Be&ch, Oregon, where he has been U. S. lived nobly, and now they would-die together bravely. mail carrier.for thé past sixteen years. He also acts as a guide td, tourists, and all in all, he is making good, ; ORATORICAL CONTEST ' Bast firidây ëyeuihgT'th e / ànnfial oratorical contest and Chetùàwa is proud to know that Mr. and M rs.. for vocationais took place in our auditorium. Ekcite- Lowry are still loyal to Chemawa.
