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PewJIeton, Offtm, TriurWay, September 21, 1916
Twenty-Four P
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Old Indian Legend Telling
of Famous War of Winds
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(As Related
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by IT. Kuvkendall
1'omeroy, Wash.)
Among all KtvuKe tribes the opera
tions of nature are ascribed directly
to living beings. The tides, the move
men is of the heaven'y bodies, the
com ins of the salmon, the winds,
rain. hail, snow, thunder, earthquakes
end other meteorological manifesta
tion are all the active manifestations
of ooniebody. The savage, whether
in AfrUa or America, has no concep
tion of natural law-s as e under
stand it. And yet, in hi talks and
harangues about "Coyote," the In
dian Zeus, the red man often says.
"Coyote made the laws thus and so.'
It is however, a part or the Indian s
philosophy that phenomena are caus
ed by a person, ratner than through
the operatiou of fixed laws If the
wind blows. wm person is blowing
it: if the snow falls and stays for a
long time on the ground, some ma
lign influence is at the bottom of it.
Each and every separate operation o:
nature is a direct intervention of a
somebody. iiarth, a:r, mountain,
vale river and canyon are peopled
with spirits and powers.
In the long, long ago, the warm
Chinook wind, which is the most
striking meteorological manifesta
tion of the powers of nature In the
Inland Empire, was, so the story runs,
caused by five brothers who lived at
the mouth of the Columbia river.
These, brothers were demi-gods and
had almost omnipotent power over all
the Pacific coast.
But there was another force of an
antagonistic character to the Chinook,
known as the Umatilla or cold east
wind, which was caused by the five
Umatilla wind brothers, who lived
east of the Cascades and were gen
erally to be found near the mouth o.
the I'matilla or Walla Walla rivers.
Tlie Wind BroUicrs.
The five Chinook wind brothers
and the five Umatilla wind brothers
each had grandparents old people
who lived north of the Columbia river
and near the mouth of the Yakima
river. These east winds had always
been blowing over the inland empire
very hard- Sometimes the warm
Chinook winds would come along and
dash ovef the Indian camps, blow
down trees, tear up the earth and fill
the air with dust, sand and stones,
melting the snow and causing the
streams to swell. Then, while the
Chinook was in full career, the ice
breathed Umatilla wmd wuld put in
an appearance and freeze everything
solid with its stinging breath; so that
between the battles of the west anl
the east winds the Indians led a mis
erable existence.
Once upon a time the Umatilla w ind
brothers, tired of the complaints of
the Indians, challenged the Chinook (er gave birth to a boy. In process of
wind brothers to a wrestling match,
the losers to forfeit fame and title.
time he became a strong lad and his
mother said. "Your father was killed
The Chinook wind brothers accepted: by the cold wind brothers; therefore,
the challenge and came to the mouth
of the Umatilla river, the place of
combat. Coyote, or Speelyal, was
chosen as umpire, tne vanquished to
lose their heads. ,
Speelyal. w ho w as a good deal of a
scamp, pretended to favor both sides
but betrayed each. He cunningly said
to the grandfather and grandmother
of the Chinook brothers, "If you see
your sons are about to be thrown,
you must pour oil on the ground
where they are wrestling and your
sons will not fail." To the grandpar
ents of the Umatilla wind brothers, se
slyly said, "If you see your sons about
to be defeated, throw ice upon the
ground."
So they cleared off the ground and
made everything smooth for the eon-
you must exercise yourself to become
strong, and practice wrestling so that
you can avenge yourself of the blood
of your father."
So he grew up, gaining In stature
and increasing in strength by prac
ticing at pulling up trees. He be
came so strong that lie could snatch
up a large pine or Mr tree with one
hand and toss it away like a weed.
Then he decided he was strong
enough to undertake the avenging ot
his father's death, and besought his
mother's consent that he might do so.
Gaining her permission he started
in the night and went up the Colum
bia. First he encountered the lofty
Cascade mountains and had much
difficulty to cross. So sharp was the
conflict 'that he was thrown a mile
into the air and could not get down
test, and the eldest of the five
brothers on each side took hold forj until he was almost a hundred miles
the contest. When the Chinook : up the river, but he made such a roar
brother was about to go down. ing in the sky that everybody was ter
Speelyal would say to the old grand- rified at what was to happen; men
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tatfier, "Throw on oil,'' and he did so.
and then the other grand father threw
"n ice, and soon,, between the oil and
the ice. the ground was so slippery
that not even a god could keep his
feet. The "hinook brother went
sprawling down and while he was
down Speelyai cut off hl head with
a huge stone knife.
The second Chinook wind brother
then took hold. He shared the fate o
his older brother, fell and was be
headed. During the wrestling the old
grandparents always threw on oil and
ice; but the cold wind grandfather al
could hear his warcry far above
their heads but could not see him;
reports came that forests were be
ing up rooted in the Blue mountains
and that huge banks of snow were
being melted by his breath. The
Umatilla and Walla Walla rivers were
over their banks and many Indian
camps were swept away in the night
by the rising waters.
Two or three days after these re-
i ports came to the Columbia, there
) was a terrific commotion along the
I river. Immense clouds of dust and
! sand were seen whirling up the
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Chinook brothers were all killed.
It happened, however, that the old
est brother who was killed first had
a wife down at Astoria who was about
to become a mother. he shortly aft-
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wrenched from their base, and the
whole country from the mouth of the
Yakima to the Walla Walla was a
wreck of uprooted trees and whirling
sand.
He went up the Yakima, reaching
the mouth of the Satas at daybreak
and then lay down to rest against the
south hillside. The Indians yet point
out the impression of his body where
he rested. He remained there all day.
sleeping peacefully, and that evening
started on again toward the home ot
his grandparents. Ever since the
first Chinook brothers had been killed
these old people had suffered great
indignities at the hands of the Uma
tilla brothers. These five overgrown
churls were beastly and low, having
I no sense of decency.
Chinook tho Hero. j
They would break into the tule
huts of the unhappy old folks and sub
ject them to the most shameful in
sults so that their lives were a bur
den to them. Learning of their
wretched situation the young giant
Chinook determined to relieve their
distress, liaising his warwhoop he
rushed across the river and approach
ed the ancestral home. Along in the
night the old folks neard the frame
of their hut squeak strain and weave.
It seemed as if it were about to be
lilted from the grond but the old man,
recognizing the cause, exclaimed: "Oh
my grandson, you have come at last."
The earth trembled; the hut shudder
rushed the young Chinook g:ant.
The old folks were much rejoiced
to see their heroic grandson come to
their relief. He said to them, "You
must put me under your pillows and
keep me out of sight until night conies
again and then I will oiituin satisfac
tion for all of your wrongs." It was
the habit for the cold wind brothers
to torment the old folks in the day
time. Then the young man said
'Grandfather, take your canoe and go
fish for sturgeon."
The old man got into the canoe and
went upon the river. When the cold
wind brothers, who were upon the
north side, saw him load his boat with
lish they would pursue him and rob
him of his sturgeon. This was repeat-
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i grandson devised a
( compauied the old
pal gave notice of another wrestling
match. Now Speelyal was on the
side of the young Chinook; so he
said to the Chinook wind grandfather,
"You must not throw on your oil
first. Even if your grandson is al
most down you must wait until the
other old man throws on his ice; then
throw on your oil and your Chinook
grandson will be the victor."
And then the terrible figbt began.
The young Chinook seized the oldest
I'matilla brother. Speelyal cried,
"Now on with yo.ur oil," but the old
man sat and looked on, and the cold
wind brother was nearly thrown. His
old white-bearded grandfather then
threw on some ice and the other old
man splashed on oil. Then down
came the cold wiiui brother, and
Speelyal, with a tremendous yell,
whacked off his head.
The wrestling was then resumed
and with the same results until the
cold wind brothers were all behead
ed save one. The youngest, seeing
the fate of his brothers, said he would
not wrestle. He did not approve of
the idea of all of the cold wind
brothers being killed and the Chinook
allowed to live.
Speelyal then said, "You shall live
but you shall not go about freezing
people to death every time you
breathe on them. You may breathe
lightly but not blow so very cold as
heretofore."
It was thus decreed that the Chi
nook should blow at nighttime the
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man on the sixth
trip, lying flat down In the canoe out
of sight. When the boat was full
of fish the marauders came In pur
suit as before. The old man pulled
hard for the shore and the race was
close. The old fellow got down to
his work, the five cold wind broth
ers being close astern. Just as tnej
ed; the mat was torn aside and In
were about to seize him, the grand
son, lying In the stern, would make
a slight movement, the boat would
shoot ahead and the pursuers would
fall behind. This occurred five times.
The old man made his escape but
the I'matilla winds became suspicious ,
that something was wrong. When
the boat landed the young man pick
ed up all of the sturgeon, carrying
them easily on his little finger.
He then took the od people, whol
were very filth-, to nearby spring ,
and washed them. The filth that,
came from their bodies turned
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