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.
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