Show I 1 II 11 L I 1 1 indian lodge tales L I 1 11 ford C dy by frick I 1 a III 11 III III III iff I 1 THE LEGEND OF i CHEYENNE IT if SO happened that among the C hosen chosen keople there lived one mun man and one woman who remained true rue jo 0 o the man manitou itou and who were given warning of tile punishment that will was to come upon tile the evil spirits spirit who dwelt in the valley of the holy mountain anil and so 60 tills this man and tills this woman worra worm in tile the smite smile built a n canoe from froin the th e stalk of tho the raft maize ize which in trofio days grow brew to treat great size and th lekness when the storms came and tile floods boods and the winds winda swept the file earth they floated for or many days in ahli this ivanoe noe i und and with them on other stalks touted floated boosts beasts and fowls fowl finally when the goods floods subsided and the wands ceased and tile the rains rafia no longer tell fell they floated to tile the summit of tile the mountains and there their tested rested when they ind blid tested rested they ato 1118 freely or of the wrinkled kernels of the yellow maize und and then lien they hey tho the Matil matilton tou for their dellver deliverance alleg froni jie waters and tile storm when tile the bookel down from henren heaven and saw this hall lima this woman und and the beasts 01 bild d the fowls owls lie become became slid sad and his heart was waa ailed will pity for those who lied fled tile the tea sea and reached tile the holy moun moon maln fain so tie lie loosed tile dragon thirst I 1 it a monstrous beast which plunged ato into the tide of aters and drank und and frnnk drank until the earth was dry to walk and only the rivers und and the lakes were left na as before tile the lood floods caine when the Itan Itou saw aw the earth rapidly drying up tip lie became afraid end and bade the lie drugon dragon cease test lest nut not a drop of water bo be left and ami then he commanded tho ilia dragon to tn arise and I 1 return to ills cuve care in the dark recesses of t heaven hut but when the dragon tried to arl to in answer to the Marit tous and jig he was wag too full and ua as lie attempted to o get to tile hla feet lio lie fell forward on ibis 0 lila face a cru blied and shapeless mass and tie lie ivas was unable to rise an and d go co on anil and tio the greedy monster died for fop the weight of the avater was too treat great there lie ho lies to this day with big wrinkled sides and ills his horny back exposed to the lie sun ond his tinny face looking southward Bouth wardi und and to tile eat east where coina the mist that bluit savors of the son ECI aud ami as tie lie jay there afie sun run parched fits skin until it wrinkled into grent crevices find ills hla it orned back become more rugged than ever and M his horns pInt pointing lag toward tile the sky ky forever to i u monument to io mant tou ton and tits might there lie he la Is lying with his face howardl the sea bull anil ills tall toward the lie penk peak that leads the way to lienden ti li enven just ris do lie f ill fell and died nt at tile the command when tile chocek liale li ile returned again and saw iw the wonder that the monitor had wrought they culled it cheyenne aad the mountain they called cheyenne for it wn iva or 0 tremendous size iz and resembled the roalia anil and tile the earth those who do not believe can go and see eee for there the dragon lies iles to this ibis day with tits his face toward the sen seu and nd tits tila tall toward tile the great peak mid and ilia ho two horus of ills his head stretch ing ID clear above the body end into the lie air r like ilke the homs of game eccie evil spirit |