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Show TRADITION OF THE ROSE. Prtty Legend Current Among North American Indlani. The Nurth American Indian of the weetern coast hate a tradition that rosea vtere created without thorn Ko tall and fair ther Itrev. that all creature were attracted by their beauty and grace Anlmala that btowue upon Kraaa and ureen herbsuje noon discover the tender iiwtnru of IIh rotes' abundant follairc. and then r err rote tree bold In Ita flow era nloft but attracted attention and drew dctlroctlon to Itaelf. livery part of the. earth had been Klven Ita glory of roeet, but In every place there, Here anlmala vthlch nought the bushes to devour them, and and Irlbea (if roaea Mere In denser den-ser of becoming extinct. In their extremity ex-tremity they held a council, for In that faraway morning of the world plant! aa well aa animal had siter 10 apeak. To the council nil the roeea came, and each had a tale to tell nf suffering and disaster. At length It ns decided to tend for help to the Kodtimn of the tribes the Hiawatha of the west. Delegate were chosen front among thnae who were inalitied and torn anil ha I auffi nut moat Other Oth-er alio were aent who were tall and fair and graceful. Windy this cotin- 011 discerned that should Juallre he denleil the trlbea, beauty might prevail pre-vail In their canoe. The conference was long and grave. At Ita clow an nrmory of thorns,w-as given to every rote, nnd thua were the trlbea of roeea delivered from the Ml ctnle, Circle Magailne. |
