VII. INDIAN WARNING AGAINST DEMONS 

 BY SLUISKIN, INDIAN GUIDE 



THE beautiful Sluiskin Falls, at the head of Paradise Valley, 

 have been admired by countless visitors to the Mount Rainier 

 National Park. The name was bestowed upon them by Stevens 

 and Van Trump after their return from what the Indian guide 

 believed was sure death. Before they had left him at the 

 camp near the falls and started to climb over the snow and ice, 

 he delivered an eloquent plea in the Chinook jargon accom- 

 panied by natural but effective gestures. 



The speech was remembered and repeated by the white men when 

 they returned among their friends. One of those who com- 

 mitted it to memory was former Congressman M. C. George 

 of Oregon. He furnished a copy. General Stevens in 1915 

 revised it, but added: "My Chinook I have somewhat lost, 

 so the rendering is probably not so correct as it might be." 



However, the Indian speech and the translation by General Stevens 

 will likely be cherished as here reproduced. 



Kloshe nanich, mesika kloshe tilikum. Nika tikigh 

 wawa kopa mesika. 



Mesika tikegh klatawa saghalie Takhoma, hyiu 

 pelton. Halo tilikum mamook okoke pe mitlite. 

 Hyas tyee mitlite kopa saghalie illahee kopa hyiu piah. 

 Wake tikigh tilikum chako kopa yahka illahee. 



Ahnkuttie nika papa yahka papa, hyas skookum 

 tyee kopa konaway Yakima tilikum, klatawa wake 

 siah yahka la tet. Alta nanich piah chuck pe keek- 

 wulee tyee chako mimoluse yahka pe hyak klatawa 

 keekwulee saghalie illahee, pe hyiu kloshe tumtum. 

 Yahka wake mamook alta, halo ikt siwash mamook 

 klatawa. 



Kloshe mesika klatawa, kloshe mamook. Hyiu 

 snow, kloshe klatawa snow illahee, ahnkuttie nika 

 mimoluse Takhoma mowich kloshe ooakut. Alta 



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