Show burlou indian the seminole indians have an interesting tradition regarding the white black and red races and their traits they say that when the great Creat spirit made the earth he also made three thre e men all of a fair complexion As soon as the three were crea created teI he led thern them to a pool of water w ater and told them to plunge in in and ba bathe t he one obeyed instantly and came out whiter than before the second then plunged in but the water had become roiled boiled and when lie emerged he was copper colored the third found the water still more discolored and he came out black tho the great spirit then amye ve them a choice of three packages the black man who ha had 1 the f firt arst choice I 1 took the heaviest and found in it the implements ants of la labor bor the red man took the second heaviest and found th the q weapons of war and the chase the white man received the remaining package in which were ivere fensand pens and papel pai ei the means through which the haind finds ex tres sion denoo lit nee itis his |