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MYTHS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVEK INDIANS. Jill
very sick, and ho retched violently, afraid, seeing that tho new dog had two
trying to throw up tho witch, but could horn, and was Tory lavage. M Well
not succeed. Hia retchings and writh. then," said Speelyai, " let ua see whoso
ings wero so violent, that ho finally dog can tear down that cliiT." Ho tho
crawled out of hia akin, leaving tho witch man aont hia dog at tho cliff, hut ho re
encased in his cast-off covering. Not turned, after tearing down only a few
knowing what had becomo of her, ho rocks. Speelyai then sent his dog out,
looked back and cried out, Where arc when ho tore tho cliiT down level, at ono
you, old witch?" Sho related back blow of his horns. Speelyai thru of
his word, mockingly, " Whcro aro you, fered to trado even, but tho man re
old witch?" Since that time, witches fused. " Well then, let us fight them,"
havo lived in the CAat-off skins of makes, said Speelyai. Tho man was now moro
and have mocked the passers by, repeat- afraid than ever. 8jeelyai then said,
ing over their exact words. White peo- " Your dog can't dig op tho ground liko
pie call these mocking sounds echoes, mine." Tho man sent his dog out, but
Tho Indians attribute echoes to tho ho tore up a mal' hole in tho ground,
tauntings of witches in tho snake skins, and then quit, hen 8elyai sent his
We find that tho Indians havo somo wsy dog to se what ho could do, when ho
of accounting for all tho works or pho- toro up tho earth furiously, making
nomena of nature, and for cvry pcculi- great rents in it Then Sjaelyai mad
arity in them, so that his mythology bo- another offer to trade, which wb accept
comes his philosophy and cosmogony, cd. Having traded, ho took tho ono.
We read, in tho mythology of tho Ore- horned dog snd departed out of tho
cians, of tho many headed Hydra, tho country. Tho man thought he bad mado
three-headed Cerberus, who was tho a remarkable bargain, in getting a two
watch dog of Hades or Orcus. Tho homed dog for ono with ono horn.
Klikitats and Chinooks have a myth, in Ho felt very proud of his new ar jub
which horned dogs figure. Ages ago, sition, aud amumnl himself by rending
Speelyai was traveling in Oregon, and it to tear down gnat mountain. Tho
came across a man who had a wonderful dog bad rnado four remarkablo f xhibi-
j horned dog. Tho dog was so fierce, that tions of his power in this way, and tho
it was with difficulty that its owner pro- new owner sent him out tho fifth Urao
vented him from biting even tho Indian againit a great storm wall, when lo! it
1 god himself. Speelyai did not fee! did not tumblo down, as tho others, had
! pleased with tho encounter, and studied 1 efore, and tho dog suddenly and mys.
up a plan to get rid of tho dreadful ca- teriouly disapjxaie-1 When ho ran up
! nine. To accomplish his purpose, ho to butt tho cliff down, ho ituck fat
resorted to a iculiar artifice Tho cv- and was gunc-fWlo hnt, Tho man
ening after meeting this stranger and went up to Investigate tho mUi r, and
j his dog, Speelyai took a little piece of found no dog -only a uaall pic of
I mud, or clay, and mado of it, by some mud, ituck faat to tho rocks. Tho magic
sort of magic, a dog much moro wonder- al two-horned tg was mm tt, and tho
ful and mighty than tho one-horned man hvl nothing but a littlo lump of
prodigy. Speelyai's dog ha1 two horns, soft clay to ihow for hi wonderful prod
and was therefore ono horn ahead of tho igy. His loss was tho iopls gain, for
other. Taking his dog to tho other man, they wironownnitH)livoin.
he proposed that the two dogs test tleir W nat Njai aui wjwi wn wwim
strength by fighting. The man was dog, tho stiry d"-s wA m.