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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1877)
THE WEST SHORE. August. THE DREAMERS. hv w. s. KKUON. In the lii Mend uf the ("nlumbia, oc cupying ftboUt sixty miles tip and down the river, dwells a band pf Indians who are known far and wide hv the appel lation of "Dreamers." They are ex clusive in their associations and very few whites ever penetrate their domain ; heautiful in its savage wildness, and awe inspiring in its solitude. They are a peculiar race, and their odttOtlM difTer tn totv from those of any of the sur rounding tribes; they are wholly bound up in their religion, which is based on the occurrence herein related and which gave them the soubriquet, " Dreamers." It OCCUtTed about four years since; no one on this coast can have forgotten the thrilling night in i-Syj, the time of the great earthquake w hich was felt all over the Pacific coast, more or less se vere. For some days before the earth quake a young Indian, not more than nineteen years of age, had been lying at the point of death at Whilestone, and for two days had lain in a trance show ing scarcely a sign of life. When, at last he awoke, it was in the full en joyment of all his faculties in mind and body except in one side which had been peculiarly affected; the muscles were so drawn up that nothing could be done to relax them, and poor Qui luket wm doomed to be a cripple for the rest of his life; hut this was not all while ht'lay in the trance his soul had visited the realms of the Manitou and heldconverse in that beautiful land, with the great Father and angels of those happy hunting grounds. They had told him that his people were great sin ners, and that they must change their ways or suffer early destruction: also many things he learned hitherto un known to man, and the Manitou dele gated him to go among his people and teach them as he was instructed. It was a great fete day among the Moses and St. Paul (San Puttl) In dians, and they were indulging in all manner of wild excesses. Great and small, comprising the whole people, had gathered on the banks of the beau tiful Autipeacha, near where it (lows into the great Columbia, and when the night diew on the wilt! whoopsnndthc incessant beating of the torn fomy and the shrill unearthU songs started the eagle from his eyrie across the dashing waters, and the savage panther lied in affright from his bur in the neighbor ing Wood to the left. The location w as one peculiarly lilting such a s-avage festival the rushing of the mighty wa ter! of the great river, breaking its spray on the rockl glittered like a dil moml and emerald mass in the bright siherv light of the moon; and on each side the banks rose up in great prceipi tons piU of g i anile, excepting the small level at the month of the Aulipeacha; behind WM a dense wood of towering pines grown close and whose gjQoim depths were only the more forbidding and impenetrable on account of the bril liant illumination outside. In the midst ofthell wild orgies a single horseman came dashing through the darkuetl and reined up his foaming black Meed in the vary inkhtl of the gaudily painted warrior ana garland docked maidens. The noise was hushed in an instant on ight of the strange apparition. It was Quilasket; ami, taking advantage of the order coMequent on their surprise, In told (hem over again the tale of bit-vis. t am) convent with Um GretJ InvW- Me, and begged them to cease the sin ful feast which the weie celebrating and gain favor vviiluhe Manitou whoae priest and piopbcl be was; and when Ugain the began to jeer and laugh in derision at his pious words he turned his horse's head toward the darkness of the forest, and with the words: "war riors, beware! The Manitou is angry with the wickedness of his people; you will dance no more when this night is half done;" was gone, once again into the darkness of the lonely mountain trail. The night wore on, and, at midnight, the festival was at its height; but, sud denly, a rumbling noise drowned the din of their savage songs; the earth trembled beneath their feet; the great piles of granite fell and rolled in im mense boulders among them; ere a a moment had passed, hundreds of them lay crushed and mangled, and the fes tivities forever ended. When Quilas ket came again, he came as a chief among them, and a prophet whose word was law; his power was estab lished, and to this day. rules the rem nant of the tribe. He has given them Bongs and prayers and a complete code of morals, by which they arc com pelled to abide. Every evening, when the twilight approaches, his disciples gather in a circle around the camp lire and chant in unison a long prayer, after which comes a dirge, sung in a minor key, and which contains some really fine musical effects, a requiem mass in memory of the eventful night when the prophet foretold their disas ter the earthquake. At the first peep of day, each morning the year around, this service is repeated, and they live in peace with themselves and the world about them, and hold the firm believe that they will pass to a land of spirit ual beauty at the end of a certain pe riod, which their prophet has named, (about eight years hence) when the world shall come to an end. I, Am km, Enjoy 1'krkkct H kalth. Mrn. Kmlly Towimend, M. li., nf Hullliiiore, MM) "I have never found iinyUilriy eiuil (o Dr. Warner's Ki'iilth CoiMl In restoring lust development ol -' -in In women, "thI enatllK IliciM to walk Bincefully nnd eonlty. Benefit which cannot he Hoand by any other article ol female attlre esneelally the nnrNliiK cornel for mothcri." Agents wanted in every town In Oregon, Wash ItirIou anil Idaho Territories, .ad ten rau make Rion money In run vhsmIdk for Dr'Warnere' Health (.'orsct mi l i 'hlld'it Waists, than unv other article. Depot, Third sireet.mar Morrison, Tort land, Oregon. Hhm. M. A. W A UN K It. 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