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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1887)
MYTHS OF THE COLUMBIA MVEU INDIANS. I'ABT FIVE. PHE tho sound of tho deep, rolling into a feather. Ho then floated on tho I thunder, reverberating through tho wind, up over And pat the thunder god, skies, where there seemed to Ik? do and caused a whirlwind to bring him material aubstanoo to produco a concur back again. Coming near Inn antago sion, and the flashing of tho fiery light nist, ho tcttled down upon a dry nun ninga, haTO always been regarded, by flower stock, from which position he unlettered nations, as an indication of could see tho movements of tho storm the wrath of the goda. The Jupiter of god. During this time, Knumtla had the Roman, Zeua of tho Grecians, and been watching tketo more nonU, and Thor of the Scandinavians havo their kept thinking to himself, "That lexki counterpart in tho Enumtla, or thunder liko a feather, and yet it looks liko a god, of the Indiana. Enumtla, thothun man." Tho thundercr then raUM lam dcr, was a powerful god, in tho wat-tco- self up, that ho might get a better !k taah, or animal, ago. Ilia roar sent tor- at 8eelyaL IMng in doubt, ho said, ror to the heart of every living thing. ' Pcrhaj it is only a feather I knocked His searching gaze penetratod from bis out of some ono tho other day, and the home in tho clouds, to everywhere on wind him blown it here, I will try It the earth. No ono could como within with a little ,'ain, and see what it will range of his vision and cacapo notice, da" When tho thunder god saw any ono, ho He accordingly raited bimwdf up and immediately spread dark clouda over thundered, and sent a shower of rain him, and thundered with such violence down ujon tho little, downy feather, but that he made tho earth tremble, and it did not move. After tho rain reuM, with one flash of his lightning, ho laid all at once, tho feather rono up on tho hia victim dead. All tho people wero in wind, and b-an to jxl out thunder and dread of this great being, and scarcely flaah lightning and pour down rain. It dared go away from their homes, for very much aatoniihed Koumtla, that so fear of being " shot " by tho lightning, insignificant a thing a a feather should Speelyai came along ono time and attempt to imitate him, and ho sM to found tho people in great consternation, kimvlf, " I thought I wm tho only thun. and said to them, " What is tho matter? derer in tho world" Ho then thund'-ml Why are you all so fenrful?" They again at tho littto down, and jured then informed him how they lived in daws rain, llwhing lightning in dcrUUi continual dread, and wero afraid to go at this puny antagonist At this, tho anywhere, or do anything. He then an- digai"d g-d, HpeeJyai, brcame very council his intention of breaking the angry, and lygan to throw out th mt power of tki dreaded god of the storm, terrific j-aJi of thunder, and flwled Having oonaultfd his sinters, u oraclet, lightning into tho very yes of tho than ho proceeded to tho accomplishment of d'-r g 1 kinwlf, so much that ho Ugan hia itaign, by find transforming himself to dodgo and blink. In a If d-feca,