The Legend of the Pipestone
By the Old Man on the Hill
This is the story of the P'pe-
stone as told by the old story
teller in the council house at
Crow Creek Agency one winter
evening in 1889.
Many years ago, in fact cen
turies before this country was
known to the white man, so long
ago that the only knowledge the
red man have of it is the old
traditions handed down from gen
eration to generation, two great
nations dwelt in the country east
and west of the Great River. Those
who lived on tlte Big Muddy
River in the Dakotas were known
as the Plain people, Those who
lived east of the Minnie Eaquie
(sky water) in which is now
known as Minnesota, were the
Forest people. They were all
Indians but tradition has it they
were white in color. They were
continually at war. The Plains
people were the more valiant but
the Forest people were the more
cunning anil crafty, so all in all
they were nearly evenly matched.
Old Sentekoda, or Shakes His
Tail, the wiley old chief of ’ the
Forest people, relied on hit and
run tatics. He would get the
Plain warriors to pursue his war-
i
rors into the forests where the
Plain people, who relied on horses
would be at a disadvantage. In
this way he inflicted severe loss
on them. The few times they
fought the Plain warriors out in
the- open country they were sever-
ly trounced.
The chief of the Plains tribes,
Moga Ska (white Goose) was a
wise and sagacious old chieftian
who tried in vain to restrain his
warriors from pursuing the enemy
into the forests. Finally, exas
perated, he called a council and
outlined a plan of campaign:
“Chiefs and warriors of this tribe,
we are through chasing those cun.
ning dogs into their own territory
to be shot down or burned at the
stake to make sport for their
squaws and old men. From now
on we will match our cunning
with theirs and if we do not beat
them at their own game, we de
serve to be called dogs or old
women and not worthy to wear an
eagle feather.
Go my chiefs,
gather all our tribes from the
north to the farm south, from the
Big Muddv to the Minnie Eaquie
and have them gather here. When
all are here White Goose, your
chief, will lay plans before you
that will crush our enemy. Ha
Meado. (I have spoken).”
When the tribes were all assem
bled. after many councils and war
dances, they advanced slowly as
a great army toward the country
of their enemv. Old Sentekoda
soon learned of the!r advance and
called all his peo le together and
went to meet them confident that
he cnuld arain lure them into
•he forests as of before. But Old
Man Maga Ska, rightly reading
the mind of his enemies, forbade
any of his warriors to pursue any
of them into their territory in
the small battle skirmishes that
took place.
The leading spirit of the fighting
men was Unkatomie, the son of
Moga Ska, and next in line for
chief of the tribe. Not only was
he a great warrior but he was a
born leader. He was in charge
of all the fighting men of his
tribe and carried out the orders
of his father faithfully. His medi
cine was the tail feathers of ths
woodpecker which the
Great
Spirit had laid on his eyes as he
lay exhausted when undergoing
County road crews were expected
his fast and test for entrance
into the ranks of the warriors. He to move north to the Deer Island
always wore the feathers in his area last week after completing
scalp lock and a woodpecker always the resurfacing operations and
followed him flying high in the air general repairs on the county
and would warn him with its roads in the Scappoose, Warren,
McNulty and St. Helens areas.
shrill cries when enemies were
Work completed in the Scappoose
near or when he was approaching
area includes new paving on three
an ambush.
fourths of a mile of the Scappoose
The fighting fronts of the two
great nations were only a few dike road commonly known as the
miles apart but Old Moga Ska Pumphouse road, and 1.1 miles of
had established his permanent paving on the Dutch Canyon road.
The crew also completed paving
camp far in the rear on the banks
of a stream where were the wo four-tenths of a mile on the Chick
men and children and the old men en project road, done at the inst:-
of the tribe who were too old to gation of property owners, who
follow the warpath.
The same provided $450 of the funds needed
arrangement prevailed in the for tile work.
In the Warren, McNulty area,
camps of the Forest people.
For days and days this state of three-fourths of a mile of the Sla
gorilla warfare went on. Old Mo vens road has been paved, while
ga Ska bided his time. He was general repairs and resurfacing
too old to take active part in the has been done on all present oiled
battles but he was wise and skil roads.
Near St. Helens, two miles of
led in «warfare and for once his
ancient enemy failed to break his new paving was put on the St.
plans of campaign or entice Unka Helens-Pittsburg road to Milton
tomie and his warriors into am Creek. One thousand feet of new
blacktop was put on the county
bush.
road near the north city limitB of
(To be concluded next week. )
St. Helens known as the LaMont
road. General repairs and resur-
FOR RENT
fac:ng operations were also ccm-
pletr d on all present oiled roads.
STANDARD TYPEWRITER
After finishing the roads around
ADDING MACHINE
Deer Island the crews will work
$1 per week
on the Goble, Rainier, Clatskanie
Inquire Vernonia Eagle
and Vernonia roads in that order.
County Paving
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THE
EAGLE,
ORE. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 194» S
VERNONIA,
Recent Visitors at
Treharne Noted
TREHARNE — Visitors at the
A. R. Stanton home during the
past week were Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Stanton, Mrs. Arvada
Thompson and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Uhlin and sun
from Glenwood.
Elmer Stanton
of King City Cal. has spent part
of the summer with his grand
parents and relatives in Portland.
Stanley and Sharon Polzel of
Portland are visiting their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stan
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson
of The Dalles spent last week
with the former’s brother, Martin
Peterson.
On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Peterson and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Peterson visited in New
port with an aunt, Mrs. Carl Iler.
The Iler family were former resi
dents at Mist.
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MIST — Mr. and Mrs. Melvws
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meeting.
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Visitors at Chas. Hansens dur
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Sherhutta, Ed Wietzel of Port
land and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Roeser of Astoria.
Mrs. Ed Lindberg of St. Helena
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of Mist called on the Austin Dowl
ings Monday evening.
Mrs. J. 0. Libel and son, Shat—
mon, were motorists to Seaside
one day last week. They visited,
her sisters, Mrs. McCauley and
Mrs. Aldridge. On their war
home they visited friends nr
Brownsmead.
Mrs. Walter Mathews has had.
as her guests her sister ani
niece from Lx>s Angeles, Calif.
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