Show i g I I Indian n d- d Ian Lodge Tales By ByFord ByFord ByFord Ford C. C Frick g I n liI ill THE WORLD OF SUN AND BLUE SKY NOW ATOP when the Navajos j climbed from the world of darkness Into the rhe world of moon and stars tur they were vcr very happy hupp nud and for mun many years curs the they flourished and prospered under tinder the guidance and leadership of their great chief C 1 Go All the warriors and the elders ehlers of the tribe who bad had lived In darkness darkness dark durk- ness for man many years cars rejoiced at nt the new twilight they had found and were content to rest in this world in peace peace and happiness They planted th their lr crops crOllS and fished In the tho streams und mind hunted In the tho mountains trod and val ul valleys ulIc Ic leys s 's and reared their families In the light of ot the moon find and the stars But nut Is so happened that years yem'S passed and the thc elders of the tribe died and the younger men became lenders leaders and and the they were discontented und mid unhappy and they began bean to seek seele about for new worlds and aud new streams and new forests There was In this world of ot twilight a great lake and In the center of the luke lake was a great lily that grew and grew until no man could see the time top und and only the whiteness of the moonlight moon moon- light Ight on Its enormous petals was reflected reflected re re- re- re for tor the tribesmen to sec see The Navajos Na watched the lily and saw It grow and they were curious but none among them was brave enough to swim the lake or climb the lily staV sta But ut finally there came a n young man manas manas manas of Chis- Chis as chief the great gleat grandson Go E and he was vcr very brave and cr very venturesome Seeing the sa sadness sadness sad sad- ness and find discontent of ot his people in inthe inthe inthe the land laud of ot twilight and shadow his bis heart was sore oppressed and he determined determined determined de de- to find a new world where happiness would come to everyone So for days he lie pru prayed ed to the time Great Father for advice nd nd In his pru prayers ers came the vision of ot a new world where there was great light and warmth and where there were days das and nights a a land of green fields and find wooded It hills III s. s So bidding his people walt wait for him him he tie Jumped Into the time lake and swam to the great gleat lily Illy stem and this he lie entered and the door closed behind him And Inside the lil lily stalk he lie found a great hall leading upward and upward and this he climbed For days and da days s 's he continued to climb But ut finall finally one Ole da day he be looked up an and saw light and so he pushed on upward and upward until he stepped out from the lily stalk Into a lily Illy blossom The lily blossom lay In the l middle of a great lake luke and the la lake laIe e was situated In a new a world world a world of sunshine and green trees There It was that the Navajo chieftain first saw the sun and when he be saw the great father of fire he was frightened and amazed and he fell o- o ohis his face and worshiped It thanks for tor forthe forthe the new world which he had found When he arose and swam to the shore he be found a world of happiness and content on tent warmed by the rays of ot the father sun where birds s sting sang ng and animals played In the fields and flowers flowers flow flow- ers elS bloomed and everything was gay Then like his great grandfather he remembered his own people and takIng taking taking tak tak- ing food from time Ole tr trees es and the streams he went back through the lily Illy stalk to the land of ot twilight and there he lie called the tribesmen about him and told of the discovery he lie had made Many of the people believed belie him but some did not not and there was much discussion But nut fin finally all the tribe decided to divide dl and those who were brave and strong started for the time new world but those who were weak or orold orold old or afraid remained behind in inthe inthe inthe the world of twilight So the young oung chief and his party started out and they the climbed the time lily stalk and came into the world of sunshine sunshine sunshine sun sun- shine and warmth and like lIle their chief they fell on their faces and thanked the Father Sun for the new world which he lie had given g them theme So It was that the Navajos came Into Into into In In- to the world of sunshine which the they know today today and and when they had hind come here then they planted their crops and built their homes and tended their herds even eyen as the they do unto this day doy But nut those who were weak and md afraid druid and who had remained behind were Jost lost forever for forever for when the tribe had u ascended to the new world then the great lily dried up and und disappeared disappeared disappeared and where it had grown there was only u a mammoth mountain shutting shut- shut tins ting off forever fore the time road to the land lund landof landof of ot twilight I |