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Show ! ASl'RAN'GE TRADITION. I Am in.,' the Seminole Indi.mt there is 4 smnioi ujiiition regarding the while , in. iii's onin and suoerioritv. i hey say hn the Great SjJ-nt made trie eaitli he j'4o nude thiee men. all 01 whom wets i (,111 ciimplexiniieiJ, and thut after making ' them he led them to the margin of a sm.ill Like, and bade them leap in and ; wisli. One ui -yed, and came out put-er put-er and i.ioer than hetoie; Hie second hcstitaiiiii; a moment, dunnj whicn time i tli water, .imitated by the fust, had lieeome mudJieJ, and when he b.unel. lie came up Cupper-culoicd; the third did n it ieai until the viatei becfime bUck ioi in lid, and he came 111 wuh nis own color. The n the Gieat Spitil laid bc-f.iethrm liiree packages, and out uf pity for his iiiislortuiies 111 color, stave tine t l.ictc man the l'nst ciioice. He tonli I10IJ ol each of the packages, and ruvmg lelt the weight chose ihe iieaviesi; j the cupix-i-c it "led man chose ujo next I UecViiMit. the wltit m.i the I hjjhitsi. hii me j'iackas.;r'r, it:ie upen s ed the i'nst iaie was found to c imam ;sp,ii!ts, liocs, and ill ihe iniplt-m-iiis 01 laii-'i; ilir secur.d ,ifctiwiaipc:d luiutiii, li.-hitiS, and unlike afipai .us; tl:e liiii-d gave the wmie nun pens, inks, and IJ.iper.i he engine of l lie mind the means of mutual, mental improvement, the social link of Inmiitii'ty. die foundation of the white nun's superiorly. |