Show HE WASHED CLEAN an indian legend for white superiority among the seminole Semi indians there a singular tradition regarding the guiti mans origin and superiority they sa that when the great spirit made the earth he also made three of whom were and that after making them he ed them to the margin of ft and hb bada them leap in and wash one obeyed and came out and fairer tha before hebi acted a moment during chich amu the water agitated by the first became muddy and when he bathed he caneup copper colored the third dal not leip m till the water became black with mud and he came out ats wn color then the great spirit laid before them three packages and out of pity for his misfortune in color gave the black man first choice lie took hold of each of the packages and having felt their the hea riest the copper colored chose the nest heaviest leav man the lightest when th e packages were opened the first was found to contain spades hoes and all the implements of labor the second en wrapped hunting fishing and warlike apparatus the third gave the white man pens ihk and paper the engines of the mind wo means of improvement the social link 0 humanity the foundation of the white mans superiority waterbury american i f ff i i |