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Show UUDEX DAILY COMMERCIAL: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1690. TV aa' Tfe m lui-ya- TWk i Tte ni an w tn as ye am sm j fcaaiaf kraeae "The kuT tis sw 1 mm tefls tle alory. Tm Sexy days an hUrtaaautaaatat tnac tiK fp tt tkmS " Ww lu, wu r friii. d titm ykumm: "Tfc. Sakjrua Say a lua aaJ suacy. baa, Tk taat mt. T aakroa day. ar war laa aiatat kra. ejd 1 baa f a Your hnnf aad famawd luacr. ,or J TV sky Uul a f. Ta kaJrjo. days au awt dr F yea at (a pciae I air kf Asd hacaaaa' day ar awn T a an an a. aa ar day, . Tka koHi -y- trom-alyw mt bf Tort baa. AN INDIAN LEGEND. Daring the inrnmrr vacatios of 1579 I derottsl my leisure to troot fi&tuns. and for thii purpose poshed awaj op into tha wild, roily region of Dorthastrrn. Ma-far beyond the limit of oka, of my former exploration. In tl any ' vicinity of BracebriJjw I enjagl gnide, tJiiloeoriher and friend," an old Iroqoou Indian who knew every inch of the territory over which, if hi own account wa to be believed, be had roamed for nearly eighty year. One day as we eat amoking on the bank of a river, which my guide said waa the old Indian pointed the Aihlte-Mnto a epot about twenty feet np the face of a precipice and aaid: -- You see that cave? Wonderful thing happen there once; me tell yon about it I looked closely at the place indicated and saw, through a tangled maze of wild em-perwhat appeared to be a dark bole, aoine three feet wide and five feet high. John aaid thia waa the entrance to a large cavern, the existence of which had been quite unknown to hi tribe, formerly inhabiting the fertile plain, until revealed to them by the occurrence of events which he proceeded to relate. I will not attempt to follow the old man's vernacular, but give the legend in his own simple words as nearly as I can. "A long, lone tiing ago," aaid he, "when I was a very small boy, my people, a large band of the great Iroquois tribe, dwelt upon the good land, where we stopped last night. Game was plentiful in those days, both winter and summer. The river, then much bigger than now, was full of fifth. My people rained much com and were conteuted and happy. Where are they now? Gone! Gone! All gone but poor old John! The white man's rum and smallpox, the white man's ways have swept them from ttao earth. "Our head chief, Matchedash, was a great warrior and ruled his people wisely and wclL lie had no sons and but one daughter, Minnekoma, beautiful as the morning sun, fleet of foot as a wild deer, with eyes like stars, and hair glossy as the raven's wing. All the young men of the tribe laid their gifts at her feet only to be rejected. But one brave, Ojetka, would not be repulsed. Far and near he sought for the choicest spoils of the chaso and brought them to her wigwam; yet still she turned coldly away. "Ojetka was a crafty, cunning warrior, and with rich presents bought the old chief over to esitouse his c:iase. All was in vain. ' Minnekoma's face was hard toward him and tihe would not listen. Matchedash was much angered: but she was his only child and had rent influence in the tribe, and he would nut give her away against her will. None could tell why the maiden refused to marry, unless it might be that she had given her heart to a Huron lover; for somo lime before Thyendaga, a noted warrior of that tribe, with which the Iroquois were then at peace, had asked her in marriage and had offered her father great wealth in gifts; but the old chief spurned him away, saying that his daughter must wed only an Iroquois, and none of our tribe had seen the Huron since. Ojetka hid his grief and put on a careless, air to throw Minnekoma off her guard, but all the time he was on the watch, and one evening when the gun was low he saw her leave the lodge and wander slowly away into the forest "Even Ojetka dared not be seen to fol low or spy upon Minnekoma's move ments, so he went off, at first another way, to the woods and then made a wide eweep to striko her trait Soon he found this and crept along it, sure, slow and silent as a panther. In a little while he came to a clear spot, where had been an an old camp, and saw Minnekoma stand ing there with bowed head, listening. Pretty soon he heard the low call of a pigeon, and then Thyendaga stepped out from the other side and clasped the young squaw in his arms. Ojetka's heart burned with rage, and softly he drew an arrow to its head, but dared not shoot while the two stood together. Bime-Tay, they turned and came straight toward him, and now he let his arrow fly; bnt the starry eyes of Minnekoma hod een him! Quick as the lightning's flash she bent the Huron down, and the arrow passed over his head. Then out from his cover sprang Ojetka, and, whirling his tomahawk in the air, sent it fiercely at his rival's breast. "But Thyendaga, tall and springy as a cedar, strong as an oak, was now ready, and the bright blade whistled by without hurt, and with his own tomahawk npraised in three great leaps he waa upon his foe. Hia first blow struck the knife from Ojetka's hand and th?. next buried the ax in his brain. Down like a log he fell dead! Thyendaga shouted a cry of victory and stooped down to tear off the scalp, but at that moment was seized on all sides at once by six Iroquois, who were returning from a hunt and had come to the place of the fight jnst as Ojetka fell. Now they bound the prisoner between two warriors, and taking np the dead body sot off to camp, singing the song of mourning as they went Soon tho council was called, and, althouah it was clea:iy shown that the I k, ' dt-m- Tbt ba taa to a tre and guarded by three warrior; bet be waa well fed. a&i ti lega weft kft e&boo&i. so that be t&igtt ba trag and tsaka much cport whea tb tao came. A3 eight Iocs Mia&ekoms watched fur a chance to frt him, bnt the guard and th Kiormug caine. Then, l wbea tbe sua was Ligh, all the warriors and aquaws and children west cat to the puis to are the race for Lie. Tar bate were funuel. six feet apart, with tfty braves, face to face, ia eachwasline. to At the top. where the priauoer start, were yuu&g men armed orly with ; then gnen ruu and blunted came thote armed with knives; and at warriors the far nJ of the line stood with tomahawks and war dabs, The prisoner was to ran betwees the lines, every tnaa giving him a blow, and if he reached so far without falling, the warriors who bore the axes and clabs would surely kill him. The guards now lad Thyendaga oat, stripped him naked, except inoccasins and breech-clotand placed him at the bead of the line. He, sang no death song, but looked proudly around upon his enemie. "The word was given; the guards Lim and closed npthe gap behind. Bat the brave Huron, instead of running between the ranks, leaped with one mighty bound clear over the line to his left, and flew like the wind toward this cliff. The Iroquois were struck with wonder. No man had power to stir un til Thyendaga had got far away, and then, raising the warwhoop, they all gave chase, spreading out like a fan as they ran. Xone had their bows, and even now Thyendaga was beyond the reach of arrows. "Straight and fast as a hunted deer he leaped along, and when be came to the top of the rock above as, was the half of a mile ahead of his pursuers; but they could see him all the time, for few trees were here. Now he never stopped or looked back, but with a wild yell of defiance sprang far out from tho edge of the ruck, down, down into the deep waters below. In a little while the Iroquois, all crazy with anger, very much mad, came up. Thyendaga was not to be seeji; and they could not get down to the river at this place. Some kept watch on tlui bauk, while others ran two miles down to tho gap and brought back canoes. Everywhere they searched, but no Rign could they find of the Huron warrior; and all then knew that he was lying drowned at the bottom of the deep hole where no line could reach. "In great shame they went back to the camp, and the squaws and little children made game of them. For hud not their prisoner escaped and died without torture? But Minnekoma rejoiced because of this thing: though she greatly monrtied for her lover. Lvery day she walked alone through the rocks and forests, always weeping uud calling softly on the name of Thyendaga, None followed or gazed npon her grief, for they said: 'Tho maiden's heart is bore.' "Two moons passed away and the leaves were falling, when one day she wandered off to the spot where Ojetka died. Here for a long time she stood, faintly and sorrowfully whirring to the soft wind again and again her lover's name. Suddenly, near at hand, she heard the rustle of leaves and the cooing of a wood dove, and Thyendaga himself stood before her. No words can tell her joy when she found it was indeed he, mid not his spirit, as she thought Quickly he led her to a safe hiding place nut.il it should grow dark, and as they weut along he told her how, when he leaped that day into the deep waters, he cose again and climbed up the vines into a .cave (th.it one above ns), which none but he knew of, before the Iroquois came to the river, and when the search was ended and the black night came down he escaped easily to his own people. Also he told her that his canoe was now concealed down tho river, and he had come to bear her off as his wife. "Minnekoma's heart was melted, and when great darkness fell npon the earth that night she went with the Huron chief away across the lake to his home. The next day all the Iroqnois warriors looked for her in vain; but with great cunning they tracked the two footprints over bare rocks and through thick woods to the edge of the water. There they found maiks of a canoe, and lying on the sand a chiefs totem, which Matchedash well knew. " "The Great Spirit,' said he, 'has saved Thyendaga, and he has borne off my daughter. We will make a new peace with the Hnrons, for they are mighty and strong. It is good medicine.' "So, next moon, he sent the wise men of his tribe with gifts of wampum and tobacco and costly furs to that people; for the old chief greatly loved his child. Thyendaga was now the head of the Hnrons, and for the sake of his wife he accepted the gifts, and sent back many rich presents and kind words in return. Then all were happy. There was a long peace, and it was from the lips of Minnekoma that the Iroquois first knew of this cave I have shown yon." Poor old John told this little story with indescribable pathos, and it may be true. He lived for five years afterward, and if ever an Indian deserved to go to "The Happy Hunting Grounds," surely it was he. W. Thompson in New York Ledger. dl a aarry .ay. ar and aye, a vcf -- Mis. JtroaM ilenkaeti. a rnl, en apt-ars- trass tM Baauaar 8nand la aay kl tied r, is Lis emdUxcaod to dim by rauida aug&t ba was tied gmbUeC Edk OVER. Salaries Paid to Old Star. Why, sir, there were days when yon could not find standing room at a good minstrel show. Days when Dan Bryant, the Buckleys, the Campbells, Matt Peele, the Haverlys and a dozen other crnck men couldn't get houses big enough to hold their business. Salaries ran np to match the demand, too. I played four years straight for Dan Bryant in his hall now Koster & Dial's at New York before he died, and my weekly salary waa $124. In '69 John Stetson weeks' paid me $7,200 for twenty-6i- x work at tho Adelphi theatre in Boston nearly $200 a week for the run but all that sort of thing died out when the cheap shows began to knock out minstrel work in the early Wd.- -J. W. 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Our Famous Dining Cars ATTACaiD ILL TBBOC6B TO TkAlSa For further Information concerning thli Una, apply to soy Ticket Agent, or addreu GKO. W. VAIXEltY, Rio Grande Western Railway. STAXDAKD GAUGE. CURRENT TIME TABLE In Efftet November 15, 13:0. Kfc EAST BOCSO TRAINS. Mail Leave Oeiien Arrive Salt Lake H:nn 9:40 Ltave8nlt Lake Arrive I'rovo Leave Provo Arrive Green River Leave (ireen River Arrive (irancl Junction.... Leave Orancl Junction Arrive Pueblo Arrive Denver p. m a. m 8 :80 a. m 10 0) a. m 2:50 a. m 7 XQ a. m Mail Express. 8:4!S Grand Junction Grand Junction.... Green River Green River Provo Provo 12:45 4:15 4:40 8:30 8:50 2 :50 3:10 4:30 AiriveSalt Lake Leave Salt Lake p. m 11 5;H0a. m i-- ( :45 p. m 11:05 p. m a. m 2.00 p. m a. m 2:30 p. m a. m 6:24 p. m a. m 0:44 p. m p. ni 12 Hrl a. m p. m 12 SI a. m p. m 1:50 a. m p. m 1 00 a. m 60 p. Arrive Ogiien trade, and are now the clearing away debris. Our store is still open and we are offering many bargains, but, on QM p. m p. in 1150 p. in KM a. m 7:00 p. m Pueblo Holiday 101)5 WK8J BOUND TRAINS. Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Leave We have had an im-men- se Kxprrae a. a. a. m m m :N) 1130 p. m 11:40 p. m 5:20 p. m 5:40 p. ni 9:30 p. tn 11;59 p. m 3:22 p. m 8 KW p. m leave Ilonver..... The battle is over. m THURSDAY, JAN. 1, Jffla.m LOCAL TRAINS. We shall inaugurate the greatest REDUCTION SALE ever attempted in Ogden. This will be a bona fida cut price sale. Utah Central Railway Everything will be included in this sweep- ing reduction. Watch this space for our OQDEN AND SALT LAKE. Leave Oftun, 8:30 a. m., 300 p, m., Returning arrive Ogden 11 a. m., 6 3:00 a, m. m. 8:45 p. K p m., BINGHAM. Leave Salt Lake. 8:25 a. m., returning, arrive Salt Lake, 5 :30 p. m. AMERICAN FORK, SPRING Y1LLS PROVO, AND THISTLI. Leave Salt Lake iao p. m returning, arJive Salt Lake 9:25 a. m, D. C. DODGE. Gen. Manager. J. . H. BENNETT, Gen. Pass. Agt. Short Line to Park City. THE PANORAMICLIxiToF TOE WEST. On and after October 26. 1890, passenger and freight trains will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAINS. Leave Leave Arrive Arrive Salt Lake Park City at Park City at Salt Lake 8 KM a. m 4 .K) p. m JO :30 am 6:3) p. m FREIGHT TRAIFS. Leave Salt Lake 7:00 a. m Leave Park City 4:00 a. m Arrive at Park City 12 :50 p. ra Arrive at Salt Lake . 3:43 p. m Twelve suburban trains daily between Salt Lake t ity and Mill Creek and Sugar House. All people going to Park City will find it to their interest to take this line. Office and Depot: Corner 8th South and Main street. Salt Lake City. T. J. Mackintosh. G. F. and P. A. J. II. Young. Trafflf Manager. SEE OUR "FIXE LINE Wedding Goods, INVITATIONS, Programmes & Visiting CAEDS Commercial Poblisbing Col, 2104 Wash. Ave. Special uAd." |
