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Track athletics have always held a high place at the W. A. C., and though we have broken no records. we stand at the head of schools in the Inland Empire. Last year we met for the first time the track team from the University of Washington. a team which had had the benefit of an able in- structor and trainer, and though we were defeated, it was by no means a walk over for the victors.
Football is perhaps the branch of athletics in which we have won the most honors in the past. Until the fall of 1899 our record was one of unbroken victory. During the season of 'oo our football men met for the first time a team from outside the Inland Empire, the game being played at Seattle with the University of Washington. The football teams during the season just past have, for the first time in the history of athletics at the W. A. C., had the assistance of a coach. W. L. Allen, a graduate of the University of Michigan, was procured by the Athletic Association to coach the men ; he was very successful and has built a strong foundation for our future in football.
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In baseball we have not been so successful, owing largely to the backwardness of the season and the consequent delay in training. Yet we have always had a regular college team and have played several games each season. The spring of 1901 promises to be a very good one for baseball, as more interest is being taken in it than any time in the past.
For the past five years there has been given an annual indoor athletic entertainment ; these have always been largely attended and have served to keep up interest in athletics when nothing can be done outside.
In the fall of 'oo regulations were adopted by the Association regarding an athletic emblem: to be won by members of the different college teams. A large Roman W was adopted for football : a somewhat smaller W inside a circle was adopted for the track men, and a similar W inside a dia- mond for the baseball men. All the W's, circles and diamonds are gray to be worn on a cardinal sweater. The regulations governing the winning of the W are so strict that it will be rather difficult for any large number of persons to have the emblem at any one time; thus making it a distinction worth working for, and one that should be jealously guarded by the Association.
In the following pages devoted to athletics, the object has been to give in as compact a form as possible the athletic events which have taken place at the W. A. C. during the past year, as well as a few items of general interest.
ATHLETICS
The following Men are entitled to wear the College Emblem :
J. O. Elton J. H. Jones
J. C. Early
F. T. Barnard
A. L. Hooper
S. O. Jayne
C. H. Goodsell
C. F. Proff
W. Lasher R. McKinzie
A. Menig B. G. Mashburn
F. M. Cardwell
E. Browne
W. L. Allen, Coach
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The W. A. C. Athletic Association
OFFICERS
President Vice President
C. H. Goodsell G. W. Palmerton
Secretary
Treasurer
W. A. Clizer
H. Mumm
Field Manager B. G. Mashburn
Captains '00 Captains '01 W. W. Boone .. Track team .. . J. B. Evans
S. N. Davies. .. Base ball. .... .H. Mumm J. O. Elton .... . Foot ball. . . A. L. Hooper
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W
W
W
W
W
W
W. A. C. Foot Ball
GAMES
October 13-WV. A. C. vs. L. A. A. C., at Lewiston 2-0)
October 20-W. A. C. vs. S. A. A. C., at Pullman 6-0
November 10-W. A. C. vs. W. W. A. C., at Walla Walla .5-0
November 24-W. A. C. vs. S. A. A. C., at Spokane
21-0
November 29-WV. A. C. vs. U. of W., at Seattle .5-5
Games played 5 Games tied I
Games won
.4
Games lost
.0
OFFICERS
Captain, J. O. Elton, '03
Manager, E. Browne, '05
TEAM
F. T. Barnard, 04 C. H. Goodsell, 'or S. O. Jayne, '04
C. F. Proff. '03
J. O. Elton, '03 J. H. Jones, '03 A. Menig, '07
E. A. Cobleigh, '04
J. C. Early, '04 E. M. Cardwell, '06 W. Lasher. '05
B. G. Mashburn, '06
A. L. Hooper, '03 B. Gill
R. McKinzie, '07
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Second Foot Ball Team
OFFICERS
Captain, W. A. Clizer
Manager, W. C. Krengel
TEAM
W. A. Clizer C. R. Gill
J. B. Evans F. Schnebly
W. H. Lawrence E. Person P. Proff T. L. Goff
J. S. Thomas E. W. Jones
H. K. MacKay F. C. Stone
November 29-W. A. C. vs. Dalles, at Dalles ... 5-6
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The Track Team, 1900
OFFICERS
Captain, W. W. Boone Manager, W. C. Kreugel
TRACK TEAM
W. C. Kreugel
E. A. Sargent
G. W. Palmerton
H. E. Burke
E. M. Jones
V. E. Williams
I .. I. Goodwin
H. Mumm
T. J. Woods
W. L. Morrison
J. O. Elton
C. F. Proff
W. W. Boone
F. J. Whittaker
J. B. Evans
C. J. Abrams
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First Annual Field Meet Between the U. of W., U. of I. and W. A. C. Pullman, May 14, 1900
50-yard dash- Chestnut, U. W. Tilly, U. I. Caulkins, U. W. 5 2-5 sec.
100-yard dash- Chestnut, U. W. Caulkins, U. W. Tilly, U. I. IO SeC.
220-yard dash- Caulkins, U. W. Chestnut, U. W. Mumm, W. A. C. 23 2-5 sec.
440-yard dash- Palmerton, W. A. C. Thayer, U. W. Huntoon, U. W. 54 4-5 sec.
880-yard run- Morford. U. W. Evans, W. A. C. Sargent, W. A. C. 2 min. 814 sec.
Mile run -- Kreugel, W. A. C. Woods, W. A. C. Hill, U. W. 4 min., 55 1-5 sec.
120-yard hurdle- Hill, U. W. Tilly, U. I. Williams, W. A. C.
171/2 sec.
Running broad jump -- Caulkins, U. W. Boone, W. A. C. Hill, U. W. 21 ft., 112 in.
Running high jump-
Caulkins, U. W.
Boone, W. A. C.
Fields, U. W.
5 ft., 6% in.
Pole vault- Jones, W. A. C. Gatches, U. W. Sargent, W. A. C. 9 ft., 7 in.
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Shot put- Thayer, U. W. Elton, W. A. C. Burke, W. A. C.
Hammer throw- Thayer, U. W. Field. U. W. Elton, W. A. C.
35 ft., 1 in.
99 ft., 1 in.
Discus throw- Goodwin, W. A. C. Field, U. W. Thayer, U. W.
95 ft., 2 in.
ONE-MILE RELAY RACE.
U. W., first.
4 min. 41 sec.
W. A. C., second.
U. W.
W. A. C.
U. I.
Caulkins
Mumm
Tweedy
Chestnut
Whittaker
Anderson
Huntoon
Evans
Madison
Morford
Palmerton
Cochran
SUMMARY OF POINTS
U. W. 74 U. I .. ... 7
W. A. C ..
......... 44
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W. A. C. Records Standard Events
HOLDER
MADE IN
EVENT
RECORD
Fred Long
'97 1
50-yard dash
5 3-5 sec.
G. W. Palmerton
'99)
G. W. Palmerton
'99
. 100-yard dash
1012 sec.
F. McReynolds
95 220-yard dash
24 1-5 sec.
G. W. Palmerton
'98 440-yard dash
52 4-5 sec.
W. C. Kreugel
'00
One mile
4 min., 55 1-5 sec.
W. C. Kreugel
'99
One mile walk
7 min., 53 1-3 sec.
W. Richardson
'97
. 120-yard hurdle
19 2-5 sec.
E. M. Jones
'00
Pole vault
9 ft .. 71/2 in.
W. W. Boone
'00
Running broad jump
20 ft., 112 in.
W. W. Boone
00
Running high jump 5 ft., 6 in.
B. Loomis
'97
Throwing 16-1b hammer . 98 ft.
B. Hamilton
98 Putting 16-1b shot
36 ft., 3 in.
L. L. Goodwin '00
Throwing discus 95 ft., 2 in.
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Pacific Northwest Amateur Championship Events and Records
for vard run
10 1-5
George Paris
100 yard run
.IO 1-5
Edw. Dickson
220 yard run
.23 1-5
Edw. Dickson
440 yard run
.52 2-5
Geo. Paris
880 yard run
2.02
Brady Burnett
One mile run
4.42 2-5
John Doris
120 yard hurdles (3 ft. 6 in. )
16
E. E. Morgan
220 yard hurdles (2 ft. 6 in. )
26 3-5
E. E. Morgan
One mile walk
7.11 1-5 R. A. B. Young
One mile bicycle
2.21
Chris Dow
Pole vault
Io ft. 1114 in.
R. Heater
Running broad jump
21 ft. 21/2 in
J. E. Barrager
Running high jump
6 ft. 2 in Bert Kerrigan
56-1b. weight, for distance
30 ft. 1
in. Edw. Flanagan
16-1b hammer 131 ft. 1012 in Edw. Flanagan
16-1b. shot
42 ft. 312 in Ralston Wilbur
Discus throw 107 ft. 6 in Arthur Hall
One mile relay team race
3 min. 41 3-5 sec ... . Paris, Palmer, Geary, Monson
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W. A. C. Base Ball, 1900
OFFICERS.
Captain
. S. N. Davies
Manager
W. C. Kreugel
TEAM.
H. Mumm Pitcher
E. M. Jones Catcher
V. E. Williams First base
Max Bartell Second base
C. F. Proff Third base
S. N. Davies Short Stop
E. W. Thorpe Left field
G. C. Granger
Center field
T. J. Anders
Right field
GAMES PLAYED.
SCORE
April 7-W. A. C. vs. Colfax At Colfax 8-12
May 5-W. AA. C. vs. Colfax . At Colfax 6-12
May 30 -- W. A. C. vs. S. A. A. C .... At Spokane
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Fifth Annual Athletic Entertainment Friday Evening, Feb. 15, 1901
Chas. Bull, '03. Chairman.
COMMITTEE. Frank Jenne, '04.
Lee Morrison, '02.
Clizer, Annis. Gill,
TUMBLERS. Bull.
Person,
Pierce,
Smith, Nalder. Morrison.
PARALLEL BARS.
Inman. Smith.
Gill, Manchester,
Grimes.
COMBINATION TUMBLING. Goodsell, Proff.
ROMAN LADDER.
Hooper. Goodsell.
Benefiel. Annis,
Bull.
TUG OF WAR.
Sophomores Freshmen
Jones (Capt. ), Elton, Proff, Cobb, Cordiner, Jellum Barnard (Capt. ). Shaw, Henry, Johnson, Early, Jayne
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HORIZONTAL BAR. Benefiel, Jenne.
First Annual Indoor Meet W. A. C. Gymnasium, February 23, 1901
EVENT
WINNER
RECORD 20 yard dash J. W. Hungate F. T. Barnard
21/2 sec.
25 yard hurdles
L. L. Goodwin F. T. Barnard 4 sec.
Standing high jump E. Person
J. W. Hungate 4 ft. 6 in.
Running high jump V. E. Williams
L. L. Goodwin
.
5 ft. 3 in.
Standing broad V. E. Williams
L. J. Thompson
..
ro ft. 6 in.
Pole vault
J. W. Hungate F. T. Barnard
9 ft. 3 in.
Rope climb
W. A. Clizer
L. L. Goodwin
. ..
Shot put (12-1b.)
L. L. Goodwin
E. Person
40 ft.
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MUSIC
ART
Hogotoam
Glee Club
Musical Director Capt. John Kinzie, U. S. A.
First Tenors
Second Tenors
E. H. Young, President G. E. Brown Roy Adams
S. G. Sargent, Treasurer W. A. Hall P. B. Cooper
First Bassos
Second Bassos
L. C. Gunn, Librarian W. E. Mashburn J. S. Thomas
B. A. Stimmel, Secretary J. W. Akin P. C. Schools
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Treble Clef Club
Organized 1900
First Sopranos
Audrey Kaylor
Jessie McDonald
Ethel Espy
Mary Denny Linnie Gammon
Sccond Sopranos
Nelle Naylor
Gracie Colburn
Hazel Sargent
Irma Browne
Annie Evenden
Susie Price
First Altos
Second Altos
Mabel Price
Marie Estby
Hazel Browne
Olive Akin
Vivien Watt
Jessie Hayes
Leah Bean
Edith Benefiel
Georgia Frazier
Elma Spaulding
Annie Evenden Musical Director
Ollie Downs Business Manager
Jessie McDonald Secretary
Ethel Espy Treasurer
Amy Wheeler
Accompanist
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S. C. L.
"We are advertised by our loving friends."
MEMBERS.
V. F. Williams, 'or.
Chas. H. Goodsell, '01.
Louis H. Pohle, '03. W. D. Outman, 'or.
A. L. Hooper, '03.
O. L. Adams, '02.
Hans Munn, 'or.
A. E. Williams, 03. A. D. Dunn, 02.
Geo. Evans, '03.
E. H. Young, '02.
W. E. Mashburn, 'or.
GRADUATE MEMBERS.
Boyd Hamilton, 'oo. Peter Brown, 'oo.
J. M. Bateman.
D. M. Crow.
ABSENT MEMBERS. Guy Sargent. D. P. Woods.
Byron Stimmel. F. T. Baker.
CHARTER MEMBERS.
W. E. Mashburn. V. E. Williams. Louis H. Pohle.
J. M. Bateman.
Chas. H. Goodsell:
Boyd Hamilton.
WV. D. Outman.
D. M. Crow.
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Columbian Literary Association Organized 1894. Incorporated 1897,
Motto: "Perge Modo." Colors: Black and Orange.
OFFICERS, SECOND SEMESTER.
FIRST HALF
SECOND HALF
President
. J. H. Jones
H. E. French
Vice-President
Nelle Naylor Nelle Naylor
Recording Secretary
H. Goodwin Elma Spaulding
Corresponding Secretary
Elma Spaulding H. Goodwin
Attorney
.G. F. Henry W. N. Hardwick
Treasurer
. J. C. Early Chas. Schuele
Librarian
Mabel Baker Olive Gibson
Marshall
. G. Skinner Roy Adams
Assistant Marshall
Linnie Gammon Linnie Gammon
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
Orator-H. E. French. Declaimer-Elma C. Spaulding.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
Orator-J. H. Jones.
Essayist-R. S. Cordiner.
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Washington Society Organized 1895.
OFFICERS.
W. D. Outman, Pres. Paul Cooper, Vice Pres. Vivien Watt, Rec. Sec. Amy Wheeler, Cor. Sec.
Stanley Cooper, Treas. Susie Price. H. F. Blanchard. Auditors. W. A. Minnick.
W. H. Philips. Ada Philips. Ollie Downs. Weltha Webster.
CHARTER MEMBERS.
Peter Brown.
Edward Kimmel.
Florence Snyder.
Milton P. McCroskey.
Frances Bragg.
Virgil T. McCroskey.
Harold J. Doolittle.
Bay Wallis.
Anna Ellis.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Annie Evenden.
Charlotte Malotte.
SOCIETY ROLL.
J. W. Akin.
Mary Denny.
Byron Stimmel.
Vivien Watt.
H. F. Blanchard.
Agnes Downs.
Amy Wheeler.
Nellie Stone.
Peter Brown. Carl Cozier.
Lucyle Hogaboam.
C. S. Philips.
Fred Butler. W. D. Outman.
W. A. Minnick. Susie Price.
Paul Cooper. A. D. Dunn.
Cecelia Nalder. Carl McCoy.
Stanley Cooper. Van E. Williams.
F. F. Nalder. Ethel Cornelius.
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The Websterian Debating Society Organized February 11, 1898
Colors :
Red and Green.
YELL.
Yell, Boys, Yell!
Rah! Rah! Ree!
Webster ! Webster !
Debaters we!
Keno!
First Semester.
OFFICERS.
Second Semester.
C. C. Carlisle
President
J. B. Evans H. Miller
Vice President J. B. Cordiner
E. A. Cornelius
Secretary and Treasurer C. Cartlich
G. Sherrod
Attorney F. W. Cobb
J. B. Cordiner
Corresponding Secretary A. A. Young
F. C. Stone
Marshall A. E. Williams
MEMBERS.
Post Graduates. I
Seniors. 3
Juniors. IO
Sophomores. 6 Total -- Forty.
Freshmen.
7
Preps.
9
Others.
4
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BIOLOGICAL CLUB
The Biological Club is a society which was organized early in the college year of '98-'99.
The membership includes all persons in the college interested in Biological work, together with such others, outside the college circle, as may be likewise interested.
Meetings are held on each alternate Tuesday evening during the school year.
So far the Club has been a decided social as well as scientific success, the important biological questions of the day being discussed with great in- terest by the members, while in order to spice the meetings the professors regale the club with the latest jokes from the comic periodicals, together with some brilliant ( ?) ones of their own invention.
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At the end of college year comes "Peanut Night," when the members who for various reasons have failed to appear on the program during the year, procure peanuts and taffy for the de lectation of the more faithful members. Science is dispensed with for the evening and full swing is given to --
"Spirit, that wrinkled Care divides, And Laughter holding both his sides,
as the members pass the time with thrilling ghost stories and patent jokes.
A list of subjects discussed during the past year embraces the following :
The Influence of Soil and Climatic Conditions on Disease, Instinct. Metabolism of Nutrients. Insectivorous Plants, Hygienic Treatment of Consumption, Mosquitoes and Malaria, Economic Value of Pollination in the Orchard.
Dallam
A Meeting of the Biological Clubs
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Y. M. C. A.
President H. F. Blanchard
Vice President Geo. Sherrod
Corresponding Secretary L. R. Palmer
Recording Secretary Carl Cozier
Treasurer P. R. Tjossem
The Y. M. C. A. was organized in 1894 by Jas. A. Dummet, traveling secretary of the Na- tional Y. M. C. A. Since then it has had a more or less varied existence. Its membership has never been large, but has been characterized by an earnest interest in the development of Christian char- acter among its members, and the prosecution of Christian work and good fellowship among the students.
No brilliant results are expected nor are they wished for, but if through the zeal and better liv- ing of its members a higher sense of honor, duty and Christianity may be established among the stu- dents, its labors will have been rewarded and its object attained. More and better work has been done from time to time and still better is planned for the future.
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STEVENS HALL.
343018
In Memoriam
BERTHA ELIZABETH BRYAN, '03 Died May 11, 1900
HARRY JACOBS Died November 7, 1900
ROSCOE E. SWANK Died March 19, 1901
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UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON LIBRARY
AW
YWASBLI MOTOM
FEN
GRE Bo
STAFF.
F. FIELDING NALDER, 'OI EDITOR
JOHN B. EVANS, '02 ASSISTANT EDITOR
MARIE ESTBY, '03 .. ASSOCIATE EDITOR
EUGENE PERSON, '03. ASSOCIATE EDITOR
FRANK M. DALLAM, 05 PREPARATORY EDITOR
W. LEE MORRISON, '02 LOCAL, EDITOR
HARRY E. BURKE, '02. ATHLETIC EDITOR
HENRY A. MILLER, 'On BUSINESS MANAGER
ARTHUR E. WILLIAMS, '03.
AssT. BUS. MGR.
CHARLES BULL, '03.
SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER
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Matrimonial Club
Motto: "There is no place like home." ACTIVE MEMBERS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Buckley. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Flanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Farmin. Mr. and Mrs. Flanary. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McKinzie.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
*W. E. Mashburn.
Agnes Downs.
*H. K. Burch.
Grace Colburn.
** O. L. Adams.
Laura Nelson.
** C. E. Morrison.
J. Sweetheart McDonald.
*J. L. Webb.
Sadie Thompson.
** Stanley Cooper.
Mamie Outman.
*W. D. Outman.
Daisy Busbey.
APPLICANTS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Ed. Young Geo. Dunn. Pat Lynch. Peter Brown.
L. E.G.
MEMBERS IN GRIEF.
Geo. Evans. J. W. Hungate. J. W. Woods. Geo. Bandy.
Amy Wheeler.
** Bad case.
*Settled fact.
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LITERARY
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SHADOWGRAPHS
It was a winter evening. Only occasionally could the moon look dimly down over the campus. Most of the time the heavy storm clouds made the night as dark as the Black Hole of Calcutta, and then the electric light in front of the Ad Building would shine forth like a beacon on a storm swept coast.
Two belated Ferry Hall students were wending their way homeward through the darkness. After passing the entrance to the campus the wayfarers noticed between them and the Ad Building light two shadowy forms whose outlines so strikingly resembled a shadowgraph picture as to command attention at once. The figures seemed to be talking very earnestly about something when, without warn- ing. one suddenly grabbed the other. Could it be a case of robbery or murder? The boys rushed forward. But a moment later the forms resumed their original position. It was merely a lover's embrace, a stolen kiss, and two disgusted fellows turned abruptly across the campus for Ferry. CARL McCOY.
LBH.
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LBH
WAPATO
The Chelan Indians lived in peace on the lake which now bears the name of their tribe. The great mountains which surrounded the lake shut them in from contact with other Indians, and the only white men they ever saw in those early times were Hudson Bay traders, whose yearly visits to barter for furs were heralded with much joy and especially by the youths of the tribe, who looked for- ward to such a visit as the greatest event of the year.
One morning nearly a hundred years ago a lithe-limbed, brown-skinned, laughing faced lad wriggled out from under the fastened flaps of a smoke-discolored tepee and bounded down the gravelly beach towards a small canoe that was lying on the shore of the lake.
"Wapato! Wapato! Where are you going?" came a soft gutteral call in Siwash from the tepee.
"To spear salmon," the lad answered in his light happy voice as he shoved his frail craft into the water and jumped easily into it. The squaws washing on the shore and bustling around the scat- tered tents paused in their work to cast admiring glances toward him, and even the gruff old braves deigned to look approval.
Wapato, who was the son of the chief, was the favorite of all the tribe, not on account of his birth, but because of his fearlessness, his happy disposition and because he returned their affection in kind. There was one, however, whom he not only did not love, but actually feared. This was the medicine man, Osooyos. It was he who communed with the gods, foretold events and gave success to all expeditions undertaken by the tribe. He it was who settled all differences and delivered judg- ments. He alone knew and could interpret all the legends and traditions of the tribe. His fantastic dress and secluded and mysterious manner of living only tended to highten the superstitious reverence
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the Indians had for him. Without his approval nothing could succeed. But all his influence could not command the love of the tribe, and a hidden jealousy of Wapato only strengthened the dislike and fear the latter had for the medicine man.
But Wapato had forgotten everything disagreeable as he paddled forward swiftly, thinking of the fine sport he was going to have and of the taste of broiled salmon. He had just rounded a point of land that shut out his view of the settlement when he descried a short distance down the lake a couple of canoes coming toward him. He stopped paddling and gazed at them for a moment with a puzzled expression. Suddenly his face brightened and he hastily turned around and paddled swiftly back toward the village. The prow of his canoe had no sooner touched the gravel than Wa- pato was on the beach excitedly crying out, "The white traders are coming!" "The white traders are coming !"
The Indians immediately began collecting their furs and arranging them near the edge of the water. So when the two canoes with their white passengers reached the landing place they were at once surrounded by an eager, gesticulating crowd ready to exchange costly pelts for the cheap and simple trinkets which the white men used as money. But even in the midst of their absorption in bargains they noticed that one of the white men took no part in the trading. Such an unheard-of proceeding combined with his peculiar dress-a black gown girdled at the waist by a cord, and a small cross hanging by a chain of wooden beads on his breast-was sufficient to command their at- tention at once. When the traders departed this man remained.
The white stranger had come to teach the Indians a new religion. It was a difficult task : for he had to overcome a faith in immemorial traditions and superstitions. This faith had received dreadful sanction in the minds of the Indians by mysterious rumblings in the lake, followed by fearful shudderings of the earth, which occurred at intervals of ten years and continued for a week at a time. To the Indians these awful disturbances were calls from the god Chapacca for a human sacrifice as a punishment for the sins of the tribe. The demand was never refused and every ten
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years the medicine man conducted a victim to the home of Chapacca, the crater of a great volcano. situated in the heart of the mountains.
When Osooyos found that the priest had come to convert his people to a new religion he demanded that the strange medicine man be thrown into the crater. He knew that with the passing of the old faith his own despotic rule would end forever. Wapato's father refused, however, and Osooyos with many dire threats had to return to his seclusion. But just as the holy man thought he was beginning to make an impression on the Indians everything was undone by the recurrence of the rumblings and earthquake shocks a year ahead of their usual time.
On the first signs of the angry god's presence Osooyos, dressed more fantastically than ever, stalked into the midst of the trembling assemblage gathered in front of the council wigwam. His features were set like stone and his whole bearing struck awe into the simple-minded Indians. The rumblings and shocks continued. Osooyos mounted a crude pulpit and addressed the people. Be- ginning in a tone low but intense he gradually worked himself up into a frenzy; wildly gesticulating with his long painted arms and contorting his hideously marked features into expressions positively terrifying. One moment he would shriek out at the top of his powerful voice, the next send his words hissing out through his clenched teeth. He told the people that Chapacca now demanded a human sacrifice; that he had not waited his full ten years this time because the tribe was committing a great sin; they had allowed among them a stranger who was defaming their gods and teaching a new religion; and ending he said, "To reconcile the god the paleface must die and the favorite son of the tribe must be sacrificed."
Osooyos had so worked upon his hearers that they were ready and eager to give up anyone to the sacrifice. The white priest was seized and bound, and Wapato's father, thinking himself guilty in having allowed the stranger to live among them, gave up his son as the favorite of the tribe. That night a great fire was built near two trees in the center of the village to which the priest and Wapato were bound. Around the fire the braves moved in the slow death dance. The
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squaws squatted in a circle back of them and chanted the death song, slowly swaying their blanketed bodies to and fro while their long black shadows flickered back and forth in a ghostly dance on the white walls of the tepees rising up out of the blackness behind. This weird performance lasted until midnight, when the victims were unbound and allowed to take what rest they could before the trip which was to begin at sunrise.
Just as the sky in the east was lighting up a long line of braves led by Osooyos, with Wapato and the priest in their midst filed out of the village and struck into a dim trail which led up the side of a mountain back of the settlement. It was a solemn party that for five days followed this trail over rough steep mountains, down into beautiful, broad valleys, through the luxuriant growth of virgin forests, across mountain cataracts and up great rocky canyons. The shudderings of the earth continued during the whole time. The priest and the boy were left to their own thoughts. They bore up bravely on the journey towards a certain and awful death, and the sight of the volcano, which they reached the evening of the fifth day, affected them less than it did the other members of the party.
On the morning of the sixth day they commenced the ascent of the mountain from the summit of which trailed a cloud of sulphurous smoke. The sun had nearly set when they reached the top. At the sight of the deep crater with the lines of its jagged, rocky sides flashing out now and then through the clouds of steam and smoke which issued from the boiling, hissing, flaming caldron, the Indians, led by Osooyos, threw themselves on their faces in the particular worship demanded by the immediate presence of the god. After the ceremony Osooyos named two of the party to unbind and guard the victims, while he moved out on a great ledge of rock which overhung the glowing crater to make formal presentation of the sacrifices. Standing in his gaudy dress over the center of the crater, sometimes only vaguely distinguished through the smoke and steam that enveloped the ledge, then again in plain view as the wind would blow aside the vapor, the old medicine man looked a priest of the god indeed. The Indians, grouped back from the brink of the crater, gazed at him
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