Show FABULOUS INDIAN LEGEND grandfather of all mosquitoes ap ceased his appetite with a bedman or two there are pretty big mosquitoes in the world but if aport be true they have greatly degenerated in size and strength since the days when this legend was believed by many tribes of indians the grandfather of all mosquitoes lived in the neighborhood of onondaga N Y when he grew hungry he would sally forth and eat an indian or two and pick his teeth with their ribs the indians had no arms that would prevail against this monster so they called upon the holder of heavens to come down finding that he had met his match in this person the mosquito flew eastward sought help from the witches that inhabited the green lake and had reached lake onondaga Onon gaga when his pursuer came up and killed him As his blood poured forth on the sand each drop became a smaller mosquito they gathered about the holder of the heavens and stung him so cruelly that he halt repented the ser vice he had rendered to the indians the say that two of the mosquitoes stood on opposite sides of the seneca river and slew all who passed hiawatha killed them A reservation stone marks the place where the holder rested during ht chase and tracks were until lately seen south of syracuse alternated with the footprints of the mosquito these footprints were shaped like those of a bird and were 20 inches long these marks were revered by the indians for many years last year there were 39 ot matches sold in france bringing into that nation s treasury 5 talai being a state monopoly sah 1 |