Show AM AN INDIAN LEGEND how the aboriginal tribes account it for the existence of Cat linita i the sacred red pipestone of the various tribes of indians lud lans id is found in ln nan only in pipestone Pipe etona coun county 3 minnesota the county spat I 1 I 1 Itha county also being named pipe pip booe the indians claim that mana itou ton the great spirit taught them the use of the atone and commanded thera theta I 1 to always gather at the quarry in I 1 peace for miles around arouni th the e quarry in every direction may be been seen relies i of bf campe camps now nearly buried fr OM 0 eight ight except where the prairie baa has recently been swept by fire rhe the indians not only of the near vicinity bat but of 0 the whole northwest tell a pi peculiar culiar legend to ac account ept e pt lor lot 1 the fact that the stone only exists at I 1 this particular point they eay say that thousands of years ago a remnant cf of red men were driven by a t to the top of this rocky crest upon the very pinnacle pinnacle of the crest an eagle had built u it t her nest and was sit ting upon her egge eggs the encroach ident of tho the water finally drowned t the h 3 entire party except a beautiful u 1 maiden who clung to the baile for safety when the water tee receded ceded the eirl girl was and horrified to find her tier late companions turned into solid rock resembling shining cisper presently the great spirit appeared a and nil in solemn wrath vowed that henceforth the trib s should meet here only in peace that no war whoop 13 hould be heard but the thereafter th the 7 tribes should assemble aae emble at the sacra spot once each year to wash off their war paint an and lear smoke the pipe of peace in token of which the maiden malden and the war eagle should sacrifice a milk white bison the rarest and most sacred beast that ever trod the american alaina da oa the following follo wint year when emony was being carried out according to the tee of the great spirit a flame from heaven scattered the blood of 1 the sacred bison all over the rocks changing the white chalky cliff int into c crags of crimson pipestone rhe eagle e then pined joined in the compact t by laying fiva live birgs which turned turne d into hue boulders watched over by two female genii who alternately steep alsop and find watch the sacred quarry SIani toj great spirit taught the red men how t to 0 carve pipes from the s stone tone an and I 1 thea then left not however without leaving a momento of himself in in the chape of a gigantic human face f imprinted upon the highest pinnacle of the quarry |