La Grande evening observer., July 12, 1924, Image 7

Saturday," July 12, 1924.
PAGE SEVEN
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Indian Tells Story of the
Finding of Cougar Rock
(H- JACK UVNTKU)
Cathcrlim creek,, one or the
many beautiful utroutnu of eust
ern Oregon flows from wls to
tvst throush the rich Jlltlo city of
I n Ion.
. About eight milcH up'the crtik,
wlior a bridge ctoskch the at renin
trading to 1 ,11 1 hi i'utherlhu crook,
which empties nearby .Into 11k
main creek, und where the build
Uxgn on the Half ranch ufn In
sight, on Aha nouth Hide of the
road, -a traH wind Its way tp
w.ird Cougar rock, about two mi lea
up theKtei'p hillNide. - - .
About one half mile up tho truil
on the caHt side, vje coin to what
Is lnown us the "Ice Cave."
it would bo a mutter of chance
for any ono not acquainted wilh
Its exist anco to find, this cave.
Thero Is nothing peculiar about
the place tliat -would lndlcute that
a cavo was there.
Tho cavo has a very smalt en
trance. A cold and chilly current
of ulr strikes i tho Intruder, us
when entering an abandoned igloo
Of the Ksqulinuux.
The cave is not very large -inside.
It has rather rough walls,
und the froof is low. An angular
pointed rock projects, from ' tho
hack wall dividing the cave in
two channels, as if forming two watchful over his many daughters,
entrances into separate rooms. I - l,alusseo (Falling Star), was his
Rut soon wo find that the one on 'first born und most, beloved daugh-
the right comes to an abrupt end. I ter. She was a grout favorite
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The passage turns Into hJ smult
shaft going up with an Incline of
porhapH 7.6 degreea The left
room, after a drop of about five
feet, forms a similar shaft In sine
but downward and perpendicular.
A stone thrown down this shaft
will not produce u' sound, the
depth of which b?lng so great.
A current of air is felt from the
two channels, but thoy are not
so strong ana cold as at tho main
entrance. , - ,
' Mater rtountAlii.
In the center of the main cave,
a small jet of water bubbles up
through a large cone shaped icicle.
Like many diamonds, thousands of
sparkling crystals x( pure Ice are
in evidence. The spectator is en
chanted at this wonderful sight.
Tho ancient , fairies could never
huvu made a . more beautiful
fountain.
The temperature - in this cavo
never varies. It is the. same sum
mer or winter. There has been
many' conjectural discussions as
to how this ice is formed during
the hot summer months. '
In the summer of 1922. accom
panied by an old Indian of the'
Cayuse tribe, from Umatilla res
ervation, the writer visited this
eccentric spot of nature. Com
menting on the formation of th)9
ice during Ihu hot weather, the
good old man told how It Was first
discovered, and how the teo Uj
formed, and why it was maao.
The uged man used many names
and words of an old-old Indian
tongue which Ik now obsolete.
Only a few names have been pre
served down the ages. The fol
lowing is the equivalent in read
able Knglish of an extraction from
tho long story that ho told.
Story of Cave Told.
lii the long, 'long- ago. when
nriimin Hondo valley ' -was sub
merged under a vast, body of wa-
ter, Cougar Hock was a promcn-
tory called by the Indians, Jo
looih" (lovirs Hock). Cougars
wbuld ussenible there in great
numbers, screeching terror In the
hearts of tho nidlves. For they,
believed that the cougars were
beauts possessed of tho Moosh"
(dpftl)'. Henco Cougar ltock to
this day.
The tribe at that time hud at
Us head the good old Chief Ah
Hhecshoo Hright Morning), lie
was very attentive to the caro of
his. people, und especially to his
fn m 1 1 v. II e- was particularly
with' the . whole tribe. She wus
of marriageable age. und muny
young braves w;re sent away by
the beautiful Indian girl, at the
advice of the wiser parents.
: 11w Old Triangle.
But the lime came when Lulus
kvs had u problem which tier
father in IiIh wifdom could no
very well' solve.- She hud set her
heart and was etuul1y loving two
young men or the. tribe. The prob
lem wus which of the two she
would take for; a husband, for
this tribe was strictly monogamous.
And her heart could not. decide.
This was an important question,
for in cast; or the demise' of her
father, the husband must become
the chief of the tribe.
One of the favored Graves was
Ahgleesseu (Standing Star), tho
son of the good und great Medi
cine Man. ' . i
The other wus Uiblslioo (Durk
Morning), the-son of a great war
rior and buffalo hunter.
Ahgteessee wus ' well behaved,
honest und .vory industrious. He
was loved by all. -
lablshoo was well liked ulxo by
all, but his nature, was a .decep
tive one. He had a dual char
acter. Ho had a very suave and
amiable countenance, but his
heart 'was the heart of a snake.
Duel Arranged.
After muny moon (monthffSot
this double courtxhlp, which was
not pleusing to t ho good uhicr
Ahsheoshoo, lie decided to end the
lovo contest with a duel. A duel
with small und light urrows, which
only drew' blood, but with no seri
ous results. The decision went to
the one who rirst drew blood from
the adversary.
The 'dual took place in a grove
of "gllg-iglee" (uoltonwood). Three
cotton wood trees of as near equal
disluncu front ouch ulher, forming
a triangle run from und to euch
roe wen; selected. Tho combut-
It. But ho coojd not posUvlely
ascertain a cure. If no one else
would do this sacrifice ho would
do It htmscir, but he could not ad
minister the remodies to himself
and thereforo It would be almost
immediate doath for him.
Before the good man 'had fin
ished speaking, Ijilassoe was down
oiu the prostrated lover and sho
sucked the poison out of the
wounded arm. -
Medicine was given to her' at
once.' . And for throe weeks sho
nursed her lover back to health
and lire.
But the beautifuf bride was
showing symptoms of slow polson-
for our welfare as Individuals. For
each individual Is a part of the
whole tho Orent Spirit. , A part
cannot bo where the whole is not."
Therefore all necessary things are
possible. Only wo must go ac
cording to the I -aw. And that is
tho ea Hirst thing there is to do,
for all there Is la then In harmony
with our desires. .
"You are greatly afflicted by the
condition of your great princess
Lalussee. This wus the result of
an evil minded 'man, who has
caused a train of calamitous of
rfects. This man will reap Just
as he sowed. But the righteous
must not suffer this without mak
ing. And the Medtclno Man had j ff efforts In the right direction
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ants wero placed by the chief be
hind two of the trees. They were
about one arrow apart. This was
a distance ciual to tho distance
that an arrow could be thrown
from the hund much us a javelin.
i iiu cniei ipivu urn rtiKuui iu u-
gln the combat. The two duellists
aolng the tree behind whtoii ihey
were landing, started to run to
the loft, running to the Yu-xl tre.
During thin run, und only while
facing each other, they throwed
the arrows at each other. t hey
carried a st of nine urrows in a
quiver suspended at their sides by
a buckxkin strap around the neck
and shoulders. When this set of
nine arrows, .were- lanced-'!. . each.
olher and no crh'itlv.- results en
Htied, they were rurntshed with an
other set und I he duel would go
on until blood wus druwn.
They wero to stop at each run,
behind the tree reached. But no
other stops wore ullowed and
throwing was only allowed while
running and facing euch other.
The day of Mite dmd had com".
These duels were always a day of
great Interest lo the Indians, but
this contest between tho Iwo
lovers was of great consequence,
bringing all the Indians from tat
und near.
IjLlaxsee was silting on u sort of
Improvised throne 'tor the occa
sion. She was unxiously waiting
io receive 'the happy winner of
herself as a wife. .The signal had
been given and the'TirM run made.
Three arrows from each or tho
yoiingarien had been thrown wilh
out urn effects. Ielnssee wa
watching with a 'vivid InteresL In
the conflict. She saw Iibtshon
when he reached the Irco, as If
tripped by noiiio ltt ruction in
the pathway run, falling to (lie
ground. She saw his as If he w.ik
picking some object rrom behind
the tree. The signal was sounded
again and away they ran on their
second run. - . .. -
liabisbiMi t hem-. .
Iiblshoo did not offer ! throw
any arrows whil( running facing
his udvernary. Hut n die cairn;
in un opposite line with his op- i
putient he slopped for a moment
just long enough to throw an ar
row. This whh not fair to tin
rule of the duel. The chief ex
tended his hand and arm shuttl
ing to stop the- contest immediate
ly. Hut the airaw went true to
its mark and blood wilh seen Tree
iy flowing from Aliglcesee's arm.
l.abishoo hud drawn, the first
blood.
Itut by his unrairntsi had lost
the contest.
The excitement was great. The
enmity or the fair Indiuns to all
things dlnhonettt, became Intense
and l-ablshoo w.th sluitne, saw
that all would not be well ir he
remained then any' longer, made
a hurried departure, vanishing In
to I he adjacent woods h ading into
the high niouniuin.s.
AhgleeHSee was I'd Io the fair
maiden who Immediately -btind-uged
his wounded arm. The two
lovers ami In unit walked to the
newly made tepee that had been
prepurod to receive, the happy
couple.
No sooner Ihey reached the wig
wam. AligleiKsee re II U the ground
in u hwooit.
Arrow Was Pnluii
His rather mode n clos- Inspec
tion f the wounded boy. He pro
nounced It a ease of Ihe Wrong
est poisoning from the vimm of
the wushoon" (the rulter. 0
LablHlmo had conceded a wed
pobtoned arrow behind om of the
trees. He hud feigned that fall to
pick up the mortal weapon. lie
hud morluliy wounded his hated
rival.
The great: Medicine Man I old
that the. only thing Inst could save
the Hfe of his boy ws for mini:
person that would be brave eno'igh
to suck the wound with their own
lips. And If that person should
huppen to get the venom in Ihe
blood, liu would CuUcr.vvr lu cure
exhausted all of his science In.
herbs and treatments.
lalassee was going to die!
One "Great Sun" (one year) of
dire-anxieties had passed. Uilas
see fell in an unconsciousness
which the. Medicine Man declared'
that she would never come out.
She would quietly pacs away lo
the happy hunting grounds, lie.
pronounced that she might live
tor about two moons (two
months).
Ahgleessco; struck with grief
and sorrow became despondent.
He vowed that he would never
live to see her -die!
Just at that time a great event
happened. '
A Hex I Indian Arrives.
A Htrange but good man, au old
Indian from distant lands came.
And he 'came with a message. He
seemed to be able to speak all the
Indian tongues at one time. 1-or
Indians of different tribes and
diulectst could all understand what
he told tbm.
He told tnem many mysterious
things that heretofore they could
not understand. Hut now he
miuii! .mem sec now mumr huuk"
were simple and easy to under
stand. . .
Among many Inlerhstlng teach
ings he told them these truths:
Kor some reasons, my people
wero mude to believe In tho punt
that the G-reut Hpirlt was all good.
Hut that the people was more or
less an evil tot. That they have
no powers in themselves.
The fact is that tho urea!
Spirit is neither good or bad. He
Is simply 'IT. lie Is tho iaw.
And the good or bud we know
are the results or now wp ouy
H's law.
When we follow Life which Is
Him, we call It good. When we
ion't follow Life and Ills Uiv, we
are punished by adversities. Vi
call this evil.- Thereforo Ho is
neither good nor bad. , Jlo simply
is. ,
He has created all or us. Then
ho must be in us. And we must
be In Kim. lie- must of conse
quence give to each of us a de
gree of his power. This power Is
for us to use as individuals, lur
oiir growth und welfare. AH we
have lo do Is to use It accordingly.
The evil that exists, exists only In
reruslng to use that power.
'Thererore by using that power
which we already possess, which
ts'in us, we can create our noeita.
There Is nothing impossible to this
power. If II be anything needful
to alleviate the sorrows befalleu
on the whole tribe.
"The Law, tells in. this problem
of how to cure Lalasiee, to fol
low its wonderful ways and means
of restoring health and life to a
needed individual In tho making of
the whole. See how nature which
Is Him the l.lfn of tilings, nurture
and heals a wounded tree or ani
mal. 11 is' all done In the silence.1
Silently it extracts "tho elements
that it needs.
'You Medicine Man, yoo, the
great chief of this tribe and you
the brave man who will succeed
to the ruler of this great tribe
all of you great thinkers, get In
the silence. Jmplorn the power
that it In you silently demand the
knowledge that will cure your be
loved Ijulassee.
. "Remember that the only chan
nel where this power can be ex
pressed. Is through thinking. All
mind is one mind. That Is Htm.
Thoughts are mind In motion.
Tliut is Him at work. Go In the
silence and work this wonderful
power within yourselves and you
will find the means to bring back
Ut'ospee to health and life. Hhn
will live for nany greut suns
(ye.trs. She will be the guiding
star of this tribe therefore need
ed for the continuance of a fair
and honest race of the Great
Spirit's children." v
After this good msn left, muny
old 'Indians were somewhat dub
ious as to this advanced thinking.
But Ahgleesseo drunk every word
of this beautiful creed. Tho les
sons sank deep into his very soul.
AhjrtccsHco disappeared.
In the mountains, atone beneath
the balmy pines, Ahglcessee medi
tated and thought very seriously.
He asked the Great Spirit within
himself for wisdom. Tho wisdom
that would cure lalassee.
The chief Ahsheeshoo with Ah-
gtecssce's father the Medicine
Man, thinking much on the same
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Ilne tho teachings of that mys
terious strang-er, along with thla
grief had also found refuge In the
alienee of the forest They were
concentrated on' the one thought.
Tholr very souls bent on the re
covery ot Lalassee.
On Sit. KmUy.
.They sauntered Into the silent
wilds hack of "Lobeesh" (Elk
ltock. 'now Ml. Emily). There
they encountered Ahgleessoo. .
Ahgleessee spoke thus:
"Fathers, I havo consulted with
the Great Spirit, which ;ls In me,
and a voice from within has told
me that you are the only persons
who could restore health, and llfo
to my lalassee.' .
To which the Medicine Man ro
plled: "We have consulted also with
that Great Spirit's power that Is
In us. W have found the wis
dom which we were looking for,
Just as that good 'man told us.
We havo found the herbs and
roots - which will cure) llassee.
But there Is one thing which we
must have. And. that is frosen
water. ' . ;
"Lolassee will not live for long.
Not long enough to go artor this
Ice which is only to be found on
"Lo-loo" (Cold Bock, lolo Peak
In Montana). It will take four
moons (four months) to go there
and back. Then the loo would
melt on the way." , , -
That night the three men sat In
silence as Ir In trances. Thinking
strongly on how to procure tho lco
that would savo lAlassee.
At dawn, tho younger man
spoke:' 4
Kathers, I havo worked hard
all night. My mind or soul went
away. 1 went to the foot tof lvo
loosh (Cougar Rock). There I
'dug a hole In the ground. I un
covered a small ''Ijonoesh" (rock
house.. ror cave). Two holes in
thoi rocks I saw. . Ono goes up.
the other goes down. The wind
blows hard and cold from the
holes In the rocks. ( I saw water
coming from the rock between tho
two openings. Pretty , soon the
water bogan freeslng. And soon
plenty of Ice. '1 take some ot tho
Ice and cure lolassee."
The three good, Indians went
home In a large canoe, they pad
Ided across the big .lake. They
soon found water seeping through
the ground below l..olooHh (Con-"
gar -Hock). With stone Imple
ments they dug a hole. They un
covered a cuvo. As soon ns tho
opening was mado It started a cir
culation or air in the two shafts.
These currcnls focussed on lh:
spring of clenr 'water. The con
tact of the current of Mr In op
posite direction formed -a : right
vibration which caused the water
to freeze. .
Soon Ice was formed In enough
quantity to take some to Lalasaee.
And Lalassee lived I
Two large fir trees are still In
evidence at tho foot 'of Cougar
Rock.' A few small poles in their
branches tell of the remain of
the ancient Indian form of burial.
It Is said, that! later, the bones of
the two lovers who had reigned
a long time as rulers of the tribe
were taken and burled not far
from this cave.
One mound Is plainly visible
covered with round lava rocks, j
There we aro told that Lalassee
and Ahgleessee sleep while their
spirits guard over the Ice Cave.
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