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a ' . , : : THE , OREGON : DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND . ; A 1 VtiDAX EVfclNUNU ujlx- cy-iru . , : , , n il 1 . .11 iiiii "in i- i t ili'i ; ii " t -r- y ' t .ilil't mH.'i iiif ii'f" ti V "i 'i'ii j i n irn; ii i ' in i:'.t. i. i in. qm'ii. T..i y-'i 'i . I i jniiu 7., I I II , i n i iTi i i i r:. j i i TTTT'J '' ' - r ' -: ' -,..., ....., m. irv n-iiptw', -n-,v .rvw,-,' aii2rt ,,-',,...' v, n.'-vw '.v- v-' i.v.twi,i , i j.'-v.. f.Vv' .'. .. T i -" - . - ' .; . ' .. ' VfTT ; j"'..-v. ' ' ' ' . ' - - mniiiuuxuij 1 rr in r , , ' j . .. ' 1 yi " v.-AAA' , . ; f , c - :- AK ' . ; After thccMent which befell th rhfldreo (which yoa wt told about kt week), Nokomu was kept buay or a whJU "doctor Ing" buna arid mending clothea. Sh made aomt Indian "Medicint Plaater" by covering atijpa of cotton cloth with the sticky gum of the Balaam tree. Tbia is very healing medicine for cuts or burn, and, in a few days, the children. Little Bear and Aundak, the Crow, - wjre about the same as before they tried to play making fireworks. Growling Bird still had one finger tied op, and the Bear Cub and the Cruw wuteatripe of plaater over their burnt spots. When Nokcmia went down' to 4he stream-ne 4ay to look at the fish which were ,' inwklng in the CoioIm Wigwam" Big Bear proposed that they go out and pick some Strawberries before they were all gone. So, off ttey sorted fcWab-iewh, the Hill, when the Strawberry patch waa.,;. .-. r; ' ."'" Each took a tin pafl along, and little Bear and Aundak carried tiny pails also. Now Tcen-de-se, tbi Bote Jay. had Just found his vy to the Refuge Ground, and he watched'them sharply from a tree at they went by- Because Blue Jay is always looking and listening. ' - neis the fust to notice anything stirring in the wcc! He gives warning by ctying to a har JAYI" and all the other wild thingi know that there ii tome one coming. (That is why he is sometimes called The Watchman of the Woods"). Well, -when they came to the Hill of Strawberries they .began to pick the pretty red berrica, and Growling Bird warned little Bear., knowing how greedy he was, not to eat all the berrica he picked, but" to put them in his little pafl. When they brought them home they wouldjxit maple-eugar on them and have them for supper. .- s .,- JTycT: J ? , . : . . :fjovcJv..:-f.,V.. jf" .-. I , ' ... ' a V w itkk. - , ' r - - " - -- r---- 1 ,, diaos call Strawberriee ,tWay-e-rninun,, or "Heart Berries." "It's a abort story," said Big Bear, "and soon toldt" So they aat under the abadetrf age and Big Bear began: "Onec upon a time, before there were any Indians," he said, "the Puk-wudjies, the 1 As there wertiH a geat many berries left they soon filled their pails. Then Yellow Hair asked Big Bear to tell her why the In- down , the "Lit- i tie Wfld Ones.' Or Pvfrmlea. Were the Onlv reooleof the wood. On evenlnr a littln vKt PuW.wiidiie nlavinff amtmo h flowers, caucrht eight of avbmtlful eMrun tiling high op among the tree-tops. It was Oon-ah-f oosh Ahnung, the beautiful Evening Star, but SHE . thougnt lt jnust besonttnewendlovrJy "Kto She loved it deeply, but it soon disappeared, and so TiE WATCHMAN I I I OF THB HOODS f, l SAW MM DO iT! .7 I .. ,i Y. WJtsT TArre. rovMO wttf, LITTLE Be AO :.v ;. ( , .,..,, , . 1 ! P"''" vga t-".! - e "But Ktohajr Muneedo, the Goo4 Spirit, took pity on her and diariged her fato a little green vine with a pretty, white, starlike ' flower which bloomed while Evening Star waa climbing up the sky, but drooped and died when he was gone. And later, when the golden , . arrows of Keezis, the Sun, came darting and searching among the growing thing they found no starlike flower but pnly a IittIe:Puk wudjie HEART, llushing red among the dark green leaves I" 'i While Big Bear was telling the legend Little Bear was very busy at the other side of the tree , He didn't care for fairy tales-may be he didn't even BELIEVE ih the Fairies! But, like all of the Beat People, he believed that Berries were very good to eat, and that he would just eat ONE to see if they were sour. In a few minutes HIS PAIL WAS EMPTY I f , , J1 : I rL' " -.Vf jtZZ " " TO TRAIN t , x tffPtZL MBBAfiT V. , vfJ r - - VtNUY ' ; V , A' -' V- HAFMrC aW'- fAv -r -W V ' , , , . -mmmr- , I His greedy appetite now got the better of hid and he alyh reiK around the tree and took Aundak'i pail and emptied it; tiien .L.CrwUng Bird1 and YeUowJUTl beiTiet pjkkly IdlcnredUand, after these were eaten, began on the pail of Big BearL JH hewasde- -, - ""nf 2 s,l,Tie, Teen-de-te, the Blue Jay, who had been watching him, screamed utr The Bear Cub is eating all ' tiie Strawberries r Big Bear Jumped bp quickly and glared at the culprit, who was coolly licking his paws, taking no thought of the pun- j.' fchmmtitofonow. BigBww v Ingt Of course, he howled DREADFULJLYta ALWAys did but he got it just the same t Yellow Hair stopped her ears so she would" not hear ha encs; but the others said he. got only what he deserved. ''-- ,w v After the whipping: was over Bia Bear cave the nauehtv Cub a final cuff and sent htm off home ervino- n4 whin;nr m. n hin . i you pick berries any morer he wbJmpee-just as if he HAD been helping. Instead of undoing all their workl Of course, jey lad to go ! nu mi uio imua u over again, ana tney were late tor supper, Desices. cut JUrtle Bear did not forget THAT whippinefor a whole i " w .'week etieaatl And Blue Jay thgM that RefugfG 4 I - i Bird called him Tukoonev-wav Penashee. The Policeman Bird." because h watched what . " X 4. t . ' ' ' . . ! j - nwww Ml mv M.n. I L f ,, Alav be that IB the nuon that nur! ALl. fMlirerrum nh vMrnr.TrerlrohM.h.t ,ti vl.. l.. 4 M.. Tk-' lav. the "Polfceman of the Woods." 1 " . iVr 1 'V cH