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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1908)
VOL. 10. JANUARY 3, 1908. iNO. 28 Indkm : Legend Another Advanture of the Coyote BY APIS GOUDY (Yakima) This story refers to many centuries ago, so many I could not guess, but it is as told to me of the time when the coy ote, grizzly bear, black bear, rabbit, wren, humming-bird, eagle, and in fact, all other animals and fowls were people, living of course like the Indians in wig-, warns located in a beautiful valley where the streams ran smoothly among beautiful-green trees. One time there was a dance at a" place Where all the people were to attend. The dance hall belonged to a ' class who were at that time called giants. All the children were afraid of them be cause they always carried a basket on their backs, which was filled with hot stones, and whenever theyi saw ; little children1 playing out away from their homes, they would take them and put them into the basket and carry them off to a place where they would eat them. These people were enemies of the coyote, and Coyote had to go to the great Indian dance. When he reached the place the - it people were all there, so he got in safely because the place was so crowded. "" ' He saw the people dancing, and after looking on for some time, he was so tempted'that he went out into the open space and began to dance. The house wns long and there was a fire in the center, and the dancers had to dance around the fire. Coyote, after making his first round, saw that the best thing he could do was to escape from his enemies, which' he did, with the giants in hot chase. When he saw that he was about to be caught he ran into a badger's hole. After staying there for some time he looked out. thinking that he was going to get out safely, but he was surprised when he saw one of the giants still sit ting at the opening waiting for him to come out. So he went back in again, and by this time was getting very hun : gry. -He took one of his eves out and swallowed.it. . After a while, he .looked out again and saw., that the giant was gone, but to be sure, he stayed in the hole until he became so. hungry that he ate his other eye to keep from starving. Finally he got out and wandered about unhappily for many days, because of his eyes, thinking it very hard to find a way of getting another pair of eyes. One day he picked a sunflower for his eye ; Continued on Page eight. ; T: . .
