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They Have Been Found in Abundance Near . Stone implements Used by the Oregon Indians J Their Uses. & &

E years ago Lewis and NINETY-NIN- In their descent,.o the Colum- - ! ' found many different -- - tribes of Indians, each subsisting: upon 'Sll&Si jHttsavss r such game as .the country produced, with the addition of the run of taken at the falls and the rapids along: the river SlallSfflE r each year- - It was noticeable that stone implements were more commonly found SCHOOLBOY below the than in the Upper NEW YEAR FOR THE SCOTCH region. Both sides of the river Not Christmas, But the First Day of the Year Is the Time for Rejoicing. at the Upper and Lower Cascades, Sau-vlc- 's Island and the Willamette Falls were games and pranks are indulged noted places gatherings. siow-goin- g sionally one or two are shoved in and Such for their annual pari ul stuuuuu, something cessation save when The different kinds of rock material used Irx Is known as Galloway, the teacher counts on in almost without still breakable; perhaps a vaso for "Mis-- , they cat, sleep and pay "duty visits" most adja-Jace- nt in forming these stone implements would Year's Is considered the thress" or a doll for the "wean," for to old and feeble relatives in indicate that tribes from many parts of Important holiday of all the- - yer. . he understands, of course, that this is towns, until New Year's eve, the Pacific Coast migrated to and from Before reading- of the manner in benefit, and New Year's which throughout tho length and all for his that "Hog-many- , im- which Scottish schoolboy cele day near. breadth of the land is known ,as ." these and from the broken the is RAVN. plements found strewn broadcast on the brates it, the American youth woald The bundles offend the gobbler, who C. I. up map find struts and gobbles and pulls at tho surface, compared with those thrown do well to look on his and by unseen plow, among- - vil strap which is held an for the "Dago.'f by the and found in crumbling tho numerous towns and hand, whose owner keeps out of sight Plea banks along the streams, it would seem lages situated on the bay and es In the entry, and whom the teacher : Times. that there was a continuel strife and tuaries of the Solway Firth, oue which ignores, understanding, too, that thl3 When the poor benighted "dago" gets his dag- war mastery game surprise. ger and his gun. for the at the fisheries. It is called Monniepool. is part of the of And proceeds to "do" a member of bis race. was very common in the early S0'3 to There is an obscure tradition con Sometimes one of the truant youths tampers your makes When with base alloy he with find In a dooryard, brought In. and grandest pieces of stonework that Oregon nected with the name which was first appears in fantastic dress and Uncle Sammya "mon," presentation speech. In which the cunning thrown down, many fine stone implements, ever produced. The Indians worshiped given- - to the famous trout stream in a And he "shoves the queer" with and "meester" and. his wife are extolledj grace to be carried off by any curio collector or it. imploring it for rain or dry weather; tho viclnltyof which Sir Walt-a- Scott with for food, or success in Journeying to tne as worthy of iar better girts, ana it When his rude, untutored spirit chafes beneath scientist that wanted them. Those that happy hunting grounds. laid the scenes of his novel, 'Guy there are any bairns, they also come the lawful yoke were plowed up look more ancient than Mannering-,- and the caves" and ruined In for their share of praise, and the Whato'cr his mind suggests he thinks he'lt do-T-hen the dark greasy ones on the surface, and Each and every stone implement or castles which he mentioned in thi3 presents for each one specified. a wild. Insistent clamor echoes from, ths o bonny bin outraged the buried ones, aro almost always per- carving had its use. Mortars were for book may be seen today by .ho in "An here's a pair folk. mittles for little Annie, the very color And it's "Back to 'sunny Italy with yout" fect. was on secre-tivene- grinding food, stone gods religious This account of the the for terested visitor. of een. Mithers been knitting selfishness worship, stone balls (shown In hou3C Mon- - her and of the Indian. If the round There is scarcely a in them these twa months agone. Wherever there Is work to do, on track or la the mortar or pestle was too largo to be the Illustration) for gambling. The atone niepool that was not built centuries If the lad reeling oft the presenta me uucu. carried on a Journey, or if he did not in- hammer was for breaking bark, as bark ago and that is not occupied by the tion sneech is not rigged up in soma To build the road or rear the towering wall, tend to return, he would break the pestle Is always preferred by Indians as fire of tho original owner. These supposedly disguising character, he is To get the labor finished, right on time, with punch wood. up better and holds its blushing and embarrassed and blun out a hltob. and a hole In the bottom of the It blows anelent houses are constructed of "dago" to be kingpin of them, allt mortar, longer. The round rocks with holes ders over hl3 words; his schoolmates, Treat the rendering It useless, and leave it; heat great blocks of stone, laid together however, drink in his stuttered sen- Then It's " 'Dago,' get & move on get your otherwise he would bury through the middle were arrow targets; your pick: , it for future "dry." or without mortar. Tho roads tences with open-mouth- admiration shovel and wants on return. the flat rocks with holes near the edge and fences may also be said to speak and a chuckle of satisfaction Is heard He's the man that has to bear tho brunt of were The instrument of tor- of the solidity of the "Golvidlan" m'nd, even from the porch, where croucnes toll - - And he'll go to work in sun or snow without Below the Oregon City Falls on the ture was used by tying- the captive or being- - lasting- material. the owner of the hand holding tho ' of the same a single kick. "Willamette, where banks are being bad doctor unable to cure his patient,' to 13 turkey tether. the These roads, as well known, are a responds heartily to tne Just to wrest his scanty living from the . gradually undermined and arc falling a tree and Jabbing out his eyes. The perpetual monument to one of Scot- The teacher away was to prevent speech and warmly thanks his schol into the river's edge, may be found round notch in the stone land's sons McAdain whose name is gifts, dwell- Oh, the "dago" Is a terror when he's cooped - nose. The carv- ars for their substantial even today arrow points and stone- work the disfigurement of the kla-ho- tllll-cu- world-renowne- d, up in a town. hy-a- s yi yi. to p I round until it assumes the required shape. and who was born ing length upon Che good points ing of eagle heads, turtle heads, squirrel he hee. Ict at For he kceDS the wires busy night and day; ings from the ancient graveyard. Sau hy-a- hy-a- s hy-a- s I Is "bubblyjock." which he remarks fancy on s sullox, poor, olo." Many times, however. It broken and reared in the Northern part of of the a- snapper the" law's vie's Island was another rendezvous or heads, etc, were matters of away is "the finest a man e're picked a wing Sure, he doesn't care lor some or to te he he" I through the middle, and thrown East Galloway. judicial place work, for ornament Btonehead, ex which is bringing the future into frown. whero they held their big potlatchcs large gambling ball weighs The reflecting the facial while another takes its place. Thus the country, as In ours, 13 of. And the "cop" In "Ginny-town- " deserves about. The eyes. Not in that present with a vengeance, with and conventional dance?. The early p!o 93 pounds, and is perfectly spherical. The pression of the baboon, with the perfect ones and the broken ones may be Christmas looked upon as a time for the his pari of Hps monkey tribe, is together. the turkey strutting, gobbling and you get tho "glnny" settled in a quiet neers found many places strewn with owner, being a large powerful Indian and mouth of the found merrymaking and giving- of gifts, and strong wings, al- But pkulls tribe, would be pitted against a sim- evidence our North Amer- Many of the islands In the Columbia and dragging the great, little place. and bones of the Indians, together his possibly that - Claus Is an unknown person- to, in challenge to some in- ilar Indian of another tribe. The wager are of Oriental Willamette Rivers contain ancient clam- Santa luded Far away from many others of .his dan. with largo quantities of stone implements. every- ican Indians descendants ality to ones of Galloway, visible enemy. examine him quite careful, without .mal- was made by each tribe putting up inhabitants, coming to this Continent at bakinc beds that are found rich with In the little Ton Captain Clark on visiting the Multnomah thing- they the clothes on dian curios when uncovered. One of these but the coming of "Nevday" Is the At the end of his speech, a Scottish ice, face to face. had outside very In canoes, by way like- any tribe, somewhere near the present site of their backs, consisting of horses, blan- a early date their beds may be seen on the west side of talk of the whole community as Win- schoolmaster invariahly tells the tale And you'll find him much other town of Milwaukle, was Informed by of the Aleutian Islands, and engraving In Railway, advances. Sometimes . it is two of "The Carter and the Cheese," and man. the kets, skins, dogs, camp fixtures, etc. origin. the Vancouver Just after it ter ceremony by an old Indian, who brought forward an Holes were made In the ground at the memorial stone data of ancient crosses the first , it having been weeks "this side" or prior to New finishes the game At many places on Sauvle's Island and piles of shells school children begin announcing that school is dismissed Indian woman whose face was covered proper distance, and the was to roll may now exposed. It shows the Year's that the The Nun. each by turn the stone balls for the along the river bank, clam beds from 2 to 12 inches thicK. ana was the round of homely pleasures which until after New Years- - with smallpox pits, that some 50 years greatest be found, covered in sand by the over- camping and burial the season. As a rule, the children stand very Leigh Hunt. holes. The Indian scoring the a dace of a mark you become & nun, dear, before a disease had been contracted that win- flows, and many ancient shell beds from rround many long years before tho Lewis opening of the holiday time much in awe of their teacher, but tne If number of balls in the holes won. the This A will be; killed them off by the thousands, almost great 2 to 12 inches deep, containing arrow urt-KV- coun- form of and speeches have a magic effect friar I ning side carrying off everything in and Ularii exploration to me with them usually takes the a gifts any cell you run. dear. depopulating .the tribe of Multnomah. eclat, while tho losers were sul- points and other stone workings-I- t try. DR. DAV. RAFFETY. surprise to their teacher. The unrest on their ordinary behavior, for in tne In glee and Immediately Pray look behind for me. Hence It Is to be inferred that more In len, sour, broke and hungry. which has been noticeable by him for battle of snowballs that rosea turn pale, too; interesting to know the Indian -- school, The all died by pestilence by Indian John, or John Casino, described is Spanking. a number of days, finally culminates follows the close of the "mee the veil, .too; dians than warfare. way, process of manufacturing arrow points, Painless on a and his numerous and willing The doves all take or Junc- the game In his own as follows: in the absence of "several certain ster" The blind will see the show; The location tnls island at the kla-bo- p yock-w- a. (cutting the whip smartly upon pelted un- "Kan-Itc- h copa lllahe let and why so many are found broken. afternoon. If the teacher is forgetful volunteers are set and "What! you become a nun. my dear two rivers, with its many kla-ho- p yah-w- a. air) See. Tommy, how tion of the Nan-Itc- h copa lllahe They procured rock or any kind through the I of dates, he may be planning- a sound mercifully and. laden as they are with no! strik- - I'll not believe it wapatoes, greatest hy-- u hy--u the horse go without - re- punish filled with the number Hy-- u Slwashes. cullin, of rock material that they can spall or make faster thrashing- for the- truants on their the teacher's gifts, cannot their game hy--u yock-w- a. Hy-- u ing him at all? on,, of water fowl and other in abun klns. Jetas lnati break in sharp and fiat p'leces. selecting you spank us turn. As tho afternoon wears the assailants. refuge for hy-- u cultln, ny-- u ny--u Tommy Papa, why don't porch clicks and The snorts Indulged in at that sea If you become a nun, dear. dance, made it an asylum of Slwashes, ekius. such bits or pieces as will require least way? latch of the inner all tribes and explorers. A very large ictas lnati yah-w- a. children that tho door swings slowly and myster son young men of the country The bishop Love will 'be. hy-a- two bone, every one, dear, Indian god. carved out of basaltic ston "Spose you comtux s skookum shaping. They have sticks of iouslv ODen. admitting: a huge "bubbly are enqally harmless, comprising The Cupids klosh-Slwas- yock-w- a. usually from deer legs, about clx trust in thee!" . and weighing very nearly a ton. was h wake made Comparative Freedom. Jock", (gobbler), who struts into the coasting, skating and choosing follow- "Will chant. "We. on Island, and remained there Sdost comtux lnati yah-w- a hy-a-s inches long, and placing the flat, flinty ers for a CTeat battle of snowballs In The Incense will go sighing. found tou piece bones, they Atchison Globe. room. 35 years ago. when an ig- ; skookum hy-a-s klosh wake of rock between the two laughter which his en- which the leaders of the two opposing The candles fall until 6ome firmly with one hand and with the The widower whose children watch him After the to wine. norant tenant, not knowing or caring "Hy-a- s skookum tlllicutn raamook okok hold it compared with trance provokes dies down a little, a sides fancy themselves, and are Ilk The water turn kla-ho- p Hy-a- s akoo-- the sticks, closely is as ire as a bird you go vows ray value, needed some stone to stone ict copa lllaae j other grip the outer ends of nW parcels, great ana smaii ened by their adherents to the great What? take the dear about its by prying" up down they spall off the bachelor who Uvea with m maid shower of may they'll be mine. build a chimney and broke it to pieces, hum inatl Slwash maxnook okok Stone and and follow through the open door. Occa historical chieftains of tneir country. Sou but thereby destroying one of the largest and ' moxt, kla-ho- p copa illahe. lnati tlllicuma bits of stone, each time going round and sister. t