Show Canadian Indians Cling to Big Canoe Legend The remnants of the thc Indians in inthe inthe inthe the country surrounding Capes Trinity and Eternity the high points on the river cling to the ancient belief that the ark or as they term it the big canoe rested on the top of Cape Trinity 2000 feet above the level of the river which skirts its base and was was placed there thereby thereby thereby by a flood which inundated the rest of tha th earth destroying all life thereon only the families of ot worthy Indians as well as pairs of the various animals and birds being preserved by the Great Manitou whose guiding hand landed the big canoe on the last bit of earth left uncovered by water The Indians also have a legend states a writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer which bears considerable resemblance to the casting of Satan and his rebellious followers out of at paradise According to the Indian tradition the Great Manitou cast the fallen angels over the prec prec- precipice precipice precipice of Cape Trinity All met death in the river below with the exception of bf the leader who was so strong that the th fall of 2000 feet only crip crip- crippled crippled crippled pled him As this angel gathered strength he h became the demon of the river wrecking canoes drowning peaceful Indians and wreaking havoc in gen gen- eral Mayo the father of the Indian race decided to seek and vanquish him in a to hand-to-hand encounter The battle between the two was ter ter- terrific terrific ter- ter terrific Mayo swinging the demon around his head and against the rock of Trinity with such force that the three great gashes in the moun moun- mountain mountain tain tam resulted from the contacts so the tradition continues Finally Mayo was victorious crushing out the life of the demon and thus restoring peace and quiet to the beautiful waters vaters of the |