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STEELYAI, THE COYOTE, WAS A GOD
Queer Belief Among Ancient Indian Regarding Now Dispised Animal
THE HUB
The nvM despised ainma! of 'he
lnlnrnt empire, i the omH that
ulinkini: I'.'.od of the prairie lands
i,nl w.-.mIr Hint pres upon tho shvp
ami pic ami poultry ol the t. inner
ii nil Mtookman. Ami ct t'l.s animal
via I hi- most nol.ie to the I mini lis of
the northwest in olden time.--. At
en.-t the r gr. a: t.nl !!-. i '
i.fi'j hail tho lorm an.i manv "I the
Httrfhuli'S I this aliill. ii.
IhoiiKh tli. ri' has necii tir.uh wnl-
ii n i ut the liivat Sp rit or Y.aii.tou
of Ihc 1 Lilians ami thus creating the
Pellet tllal t!ni '..- lli. r. 'Ulei.-tS.
u matter "i t.i. U vu.n to a.i
lli'U'.tles !... hiir iiiw.-t tno
iiiatu-r. tin- 1ii.ii.hik nut oii.y o. tho
rmrthwe i hut o tho whole conl.i.ciii
had us many gtu a- the ancirnt
Uroik.s ami I. "mans.
Most of their jio.is ha.l tho form oi
animals and theie was a j reia.l :.
liia.oi among im 111 th.it a ions, ion,
tmii' ai.i there was an aiuM.t rave i
juoplo- fcig.intic .u sine, who 'ere til'
lorhiMis oi the Indian race. Tno
piis-cnt annnai.-. ami turds, are snia'i
and insignificant in comparison. Thvy
hnVf degenerated or ; n 'put down, '
have lust the power oi sptvih ami
have none of the wonderful gitts the.
time had in ti.o.-e ..in. .em najs tn
had the power to trau.-tonn ther.i
tielven into an.i thins ttu i chose, they
could .sk in over va t usances in the
twinkling of an ee were d.viners ot
thought were enoowed wnh propnei
i Msion and controlled all of the for.
es of nature.
Thus the bear, the beaver, the ea
gle, the inuskiat and many other an.
Imais were pods in those uas and the
earth was full of violence
li ruler preyed upon the les--r, the
Mioiig tiamp.ed upon ana ueiuureu
the weak. Kach animal god was
wholly selfish and chaos and terror
reigned until Coyote wrought order
out oi the contus.on, conquered tne
monster uestroyecs and estaolished
law and precedents. Tnus he became
the greatest ol ail gous ana was re-;
garded hy the Indians as tne one god
who was eterna.iy tneir inend. Much
ct Indian legendry i-onieins Useli
wuh tne exp.o.ts and adventures ot
-pet.iyai or Coyote, j
Coyote was endowed by the In '
oians oetiem won va-t power. He
couid transform the lace ot natu.e,
turn living Leings .nto stone, change
himself in an instant to a leather, a
tauy, or anything tor Uie furtherance
td' his imrposes.
And yet, while he U represent, j
with having ucn strange and super
natural poweis, ne otii-n tound n.in
ttlf outw.Ued and circunueiued by
some smad and .nsmiiCant ;mmai
und some of the tales place him a.
the miK lUUU.lt.liS Ot p.cU.Cilillellta
or having him doing ;iie most a-u.a
things M'h.le he a senu.ng u
nion, iru t and roots to the Indians
he was forced to go nuugry and rag
ged himself. i
He is represented as iieing very
keen and cunning, lull of ir.c'its and
etrategems. which, rair or untar, he
joso.ted to tor the accomplishment
of his purpose He wag interest
In games and amiieerai-nts, he favor
td dances, orda.ned laws, introduced
Jndusirul pursuits, uught the md ans
how to cook and many other useful
arts, enjoyed a tuck or joke, and fre
quently suffered bttause of ignorance
or folly.
In fhort, Coyote was a god having
many of the qual-tits of a real coy
ote and of a real tniiian. le.ne; a
jroduct of the Indian mind, It was
but natural that he should be given
some of the most pronounced cnaiac
terisuis of the Ind.an h mseif. There
fore, he was cunning, employed trick
ery and deceit, was ignorant yet
ciafty, wL--e in some respeols but full
oi folly and childish In others. Upon
the whole he was a Rood god as view
ed hy the Indians and must have rep
lesented to a treat extent their ideal.
A most sinKular myth connected
with Coyote was that he had three
.mm era who lived in his abdomen..
These sisters were in the form of ber
i ie. that grew in the mountains,
'ilioy were very wise and were their
i r. thers chief aU jsers. Whenever
l.c mils unaoie to accomplish h.s ile
or vttts in douiit as to how to
jr.'ieed. he consu.ted them. They
w t re re; resented as alwats being un
v u:g to give the desired in.orma
iion, because Coyote inv.triaby took
lull iieii-.t for h niseif tor all their
..,.-est. i. n.s. telling them that their
a,. ;us woie just tne ones he hinuelt
had He always secured tluir ad
v ai- in the end thiouglt threats of
s, liu.n rain upon llieni.
Si tvlyais i inli'i inl Dog.
Coyote was near.y aivas tq,tial to
tm' eineii;ency and wao suieraiiy able
to accomplish his purposes Without
;us stance. As an illu.-tration of his
ii.ai.c the story of the dog he created
out of mud is Mitel esting.
In those very ancient uay, Coyote
was traveling thioutth the country
n.w ca.ud C'leoii and one day en
countered a man who had a power
ful, one-horned dog. This dog was
cross and fierce and its owner had
some difficulty in restraining it from
attack. ng the god. This did not
please Loyote and he taxed his in
genuity to devise a plan for ridding
the earth of such a ferocious animal.
That evening he took a little lump
of soft clay and, by his magic, trans-,
formed it into a mighty-two horned
dog W.th his dog trotting at his side
he approached the stranger and sug
gested a dog fight to see which ot
the animals was the better. Thfc
stranger demurred, liking not the ap.
pe.trance of the two-horned dog.
"Well, then," .said Coyote." let us
send our dogs out and see which can
tear down yonder cliff."
To this the man assented and set
his dog to work. The one horned an
imal tore up a few rocks and then
quit. Speelyai s dog went out and
reduced the cliff to a level in a few
moments. Thereupon, Coyote offer
ed to trade dogs. The stranger was
unw lrng and Coyote again proposed
a fight but the other would not consent.
Thereupon, Coyote challenged him
to a digging contest. The stranger's
ctg dug a small note in the ground
and then returned. The gods two
lvirned brute tore great rents in the
e mh. A second offer for a trade
w? accepted and Coyote, leading the
one-horned dcg. went away.
The stranger wa? much elated and
amused himself by sending his new
ly acquired animal to tear down
mountains. Four times he sent h'm
out w th satisfactory results but the
.'t'th time saw the end of the dog.
The man sent him ro tear down a
great stone wail. The animal lunged
at the wall and disappeared. The
man investigated and found only a
lump of wet clay sticking on the
rocky precipice. Thus d d Coyote rid
the country of a snarling enemy of
the people. -Ijhat became of the oth
er dog is never told.
Another interesting lesend tolls
how Coyote destroyed the power of
a great water god. This god, 'k
m;.ry ;..d.an goo's of the magic W'-lee-ti
sh age, was a remale She liv- a
he'i.tfth a whirlpool of the Columbia
." vpr above the present site of T.u
Dailes where the Indians were wont
to fish for saimon. She was describ
ed as a fearful monster with Ions,
reddish-brown hair.
men. As their canoes passed over
her, she caused the water to swirl
and suck canoe and occupants Into I
her yawning maw. .Many people had
thus perished and the Indians scarce-j
iy dared to fish at an. j
Coyote pitied the poor Indians and
mediated upon plans for ridding thej
r'ver of this terror. He thought a;
long t me but could devise no meas
ures that promised nuccess. Finally
l.e consulted his sisters, und they ad-,
vised him to change himself into a
feather and float over the abode oti
the monster.
This he did. The monster, seeing!
the feather, caused the waters to
swirl and she squiekly swallowed It.
She immed ately vomited It up. Coy
ote floated down again, was swallow
ed and again cast up like a Jonah.
This was repeated until the fifth time
when the feather was retained In the
stomach of the water monster.
Coyote now transformed himself
into a strong Indian warrior, armed
with knives and fire rods. It being- ex
tremely cold and dark in the nion
tthout for fuel for a fire. Finding
some fine, soft substance he twirled
his f.re rods and struck a blaze. On
trying to ignite the substance he
found it shriveled up nnd would not
Max. It was the hair of a human
being.
Feeling arouna again he found the
parts of an old canoe which he used
as fuel for a warm, bright fire. On
ster's stomach, Coyote began to cast
looking around he saw many people,
stupefied with cold, canoes, fishing
tackles and many other things that
had been engulfed m the fatal vor
tex. Whaiama the eagle, was there,
cold and bedraggled, a sorry spectacle
for the god of the air. Coyote told
all the people to gather at the fire
and warm themselves. To the eagle
he said. "I want you, when I tell
you, to take this canoe in your beak
and fly away to a high mountain and
rescue these people."
Coyote looked up and saw the
great heart of the monster beating
and throbing against her ribs. He
had along five stone knives. He took
one and sawed away at the heart
strings, but the knife broke. He then
tried another and it broke. He made
a little progress with each one and
all the time the monster was grow
ing weaker. Just as the last knife
broke the monster died.
Whaiama seized the canoe in his
beak, flew out of the monster's stom
ach, and bore the people to a high
mountain. Coyote rushed out after
the eagle and, reacning the shore,
pronounced a curse upon the despoil
ed river goddess. "Your career as a
destroyer is ended," he said. "You
can never swallow up and kill so
many people again. You may remain
and frighten people and occasionally
swallow a man from a strange tribe.
A better race of people Is coming and
you shall not destroy it."
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In fact we carry everything for the men and almost everything for the womea
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Sample shoes are far better than regular stock shoes, because they have
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In escaping from the monster's then, the end of the coyote's tall has the beaver women at the mouth of
stomach, Coyote was almost too late, (been black. j the Columbia who were preventing
As he emerged the great Jaws closed' Many other legends are told ot the salmon from running up the river
in convulsion and the tip of his tail j Coyote, of how he slew Amash, the and of how he battled with body and
was caught In the grip of the owl god, of how he subdued Eenumtliij wits against many other enemies of
sphincter and begrimed. Ever since the thunder god, of how he outwittedj the Indians.
Thirty-Eight Years Ago Today
(Krom the Weekly East Oregoman.
Saturday, Sept. 21, 147S )
Umatil'a County Directory: County
Judge. H. 'J- Yoakum; commis-sion-rs,
licnjirnin Walden. J. Ii. Benson,
slate n-n.itor, 8. M l'enriing'.on; rep
resenUitive.i. J 8. White. Lucian
Kvarts: sheriff, J. I il-rry; clerk.
J. H. Keeney; treasurer, G. W. Webb;
rtchool superintendent. J. C. Arnold;
"Coroner. In. J. K. Lindsay; assessor,
James Cothreli, Justice of the peace,
Pendleton, (J. W. Ualley; surveyor. J.
Jl. Ilalev. ;
t.'inapi'ie, the Indian traitor, was
In town 'J'hupolay
I. ot I.hennure intends to reiimi hi.H
liosii.on ail postmaster.
John liailei bajs icund a new way
juid better paj-Ji or. top of th" moun
tain on the Aleacharn road than ha.-
heret' iote ln-on diwovi-red He now
has a force .' tnim- working on it
iBii v.ili ha.e it omipVed Hi a hhort
time. As u .u.i I Anent i Va.. r
y, l. .1 to ha oik th- r v ol in. I " U
and thi il hut this t:ii. he 'r '
u man who ircni'raiiy iukik In.- u n
way. dull) for Hai:ey, e k.x..
i. It. i-'lMter in (l-!'d n-nator. W:
Ji ar it Juhi a .e i;o i'j pr .v. ilur
lah foi our sid-!
We lin.c In-, id : I'. Ii"t
and t lie like I it r;s ii. I'Ut "
molll'v ' .10 I UUd..' eolMlll-ftd US
to the )!-. '11 who Hole Iit I.l'.er-
nion s v...;i'ii t'ed
II, .in . the wile or .1 N. Hull' h on
Sept. inn r !. a .la n'li'er. Weight
even powi'lh John ii" eery proud
if liis Kill mo) Ins only r-Kr t is that
It i not he allowed to vote 'for
Grant at ihe next election.
I.aive tot ol main i being haubd
to the ra Irmid In 1-emlL'ton.
t'ai p. liters in to lie in meat de
mand ut Weston.
Kiev f the Bampte lloom Is a
kind of good Samaritan after nil
Loaned a nice lltt.e stove to (.'apta n
Miies to warm his tent till the cap
tain's outfit arrives, his supplies be
ing now en route
A plea.-ant dancing party met at
Milarkey hall laxt wek. Splendid
music for the occas.on and the laJies
were all dressed as thown by an ac
count in the Bedroci; Democrat, that
is to ay they a.i wore clothes. Happy
l;mp until the wee imall hours
It U reported on the street this
morning that Peo, son of We-num-snoot,
was killed between town and
the agency last Thursday.
Whiln Bill .Sivitz.er is trying to get
rid of all his ef!tx;a at cost, h.s
brother John arid w:.e concluded to
im reuse their stock: of good.j in the
hipe of an eiht and a haif pound
boy baby.
Captain Miles, the man who fought
the good fight on tne Uih of Ju.
at.d sue eeded in running Snakes and
llami'i ks out of our cuuiitiy is sta
tioned on the r.-ser.e a I. tile out fiom
town, where he w.ii erect suitable
quarter for himse,," and men. We.
i ii'. r.itand he has caout Wt soldiers
.n Im command. Vv e suppose Ins
iiiain worn will consist in looking alt
er the friendly hoot.ps who res.de on
the reservation.
John Jiradburn r.as again been
li'in'.ni; stM k in 1'eiw. etori. Hi; had
the ni. k to l.nd where eeru n cows,
and calve had gone curing the sum
mer outride of what the In i.aiM ki
ed. I -ai ties in!.ere,itei. bad belter set
tle up or there will be trouoie,
Dave Taylor keeps in jail Jn
il.aiis and one wroie man. Dave is
a e;ood provider.
Thomas Guiticy, an old citizen ot
this county, but for the p;oit few yeais
a re Ident of .Irani county, where he
had been clerk, miner and inerehant
wies fatally stabbed a short nine ao
by a boy li years of age whose name
was Keys.
Potatoes are selling by the load In
our town at two cents per po ind
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