VOL. VI. CHEMAWA, ORE., NOVEMBER 13, 1903. NO. 51
Tl?e- Uise Old Tai7 and fiep)eu.
BY WILLIAM THROP,
THE Iroquois Indians tell a story So they hit the trunk of the tree ,
concerning a wise old man and hard many times and made a great
his nephew who lived with him. racket until the bear,being disturbed
The old man was always trying to came to the mouth of the hole and
teach his nephew wisdom, but his asked: "Who is there?"
manner of teaching was such that the "Now," cried the uncle to the young
nephew seldom could understand hunter, "shoot where I tell you; shoot
what the old man was driving at., One where there is no hair - and you will
day the uncle said: "Now you are a certainly kill him." 4
young man. You must go to the The young man saw that the paws
forest and hunt for game to support of the bear were without hair, and he
us. Bring back a deer or a bear." shot at them, hitting the right fore-
The young man went. He killed a paw. This wounded the bear and
deer and brought it home. made him angry, but of course did
"I should like to go hunting every not kill him. "Shoot again!" cried
day," said he to his uncle, as he laid the uncle, and the young hunter shot
the deer at the entrance of the lodge. again and hit the other forepaw.
"All right, you may hunt every "Shoot there!" screamed N the uncle,
day," replied the uncle," but next time pointing with his finger. Thereupon
bring home a bear. If you see a hole the nephew shot the point of the
in a tree and the marks of a bear's finger off.
claws, you may be sure of the bear." The old man's ringer hurt him so
So one day, when the youth was that he pursed up his lips and mo
hunting he sawr a tree with a hole in tioned with them to direct the shoot
it and the marks of a bear's claws up- ing of the boy, but the nephew, mis
on the bark. The old man,- who understanding, shot the uncle through
accompanied his nephew, teaching the lips.
him how to hunt, said: "I believe Then the bear came down from the
that a bear is inside of the tree. We tree and made off into the woods,
must knock, on the outside of the tree while the uncle explained as best he
and make the bear uneasy, so that he could, that he had been trying to
will come out to see what, the noise is direct the boy to shoot the bear under
all about." - the forelegs. "