| Show TELLS WHY INDIANS PAINT apache relates legend which accounts for his peoples custom once an old apache indian when asked the question why his people painted their faces told this little ie bend long ago when men were weak ind animals were big and strong a calef of the red men who lived in these mountains went out to get a leer for his people were hungry after walking all day he saw a beer and shot at it but the arrow was turned aside and wounded a mountain lion which was also after the deer when the lion felt the sting af the arrow he jumped up and bound ed after the man who ran tor hia life he as almost exhausted and when he felt his strength giving way he fell to the ground on the big bear who you know Is the grand father ct men to save him the big bear heard the call and baw that to save the man he had to ct quickly so he scratched his toot und sprinkled his blood over the man now you must know that no animal will eat of the bear or taste of bis blood so when the lion reached the man he smelled the blood and turned away but as he did hia foot the face of the man leaving he baarke of his claws on the blood smeared face when the man found that he was uninjured he was so thankful that he left the blood dry on bis face and never washed it at all but left it until t peeled off where the claws of the lion scraped it off there were marks that arned brown in the sun and where the blood stayed on it was lighter now all men paint their faces that way with blood and scrape it off in streaks when they bunt or go to war r |
