Atascadero High School - Santa Lucia Yearbook (Atascadero, CA)

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ordermg hrs people together, they returned to thelr home ln the Wxllamette Valley It was a rare prize, filled with perfumed cloth heayy wlth gold and jewels The chxef felt that he was a rxch man indeed and taking the best for hlmself and hls own family he gave aw ay the contents to hrs people Scarcely a moon had passed yyhen a great plague broke out among the people All of Chief Eagle Feathers famxly were strlclsen excepting his young daughter Snow Flower The medlclne men of the trlbe were busy day and mght maklng spells to cast out the eyll sp1r1t of the plague and save the trxbe from extxnctlon Snow Flower went about carrylng food and water to the sxck lhe young brave Deer Foot her loyer led the younger men m the search for food Ihe sound of the tom toms, the warlmg death cry of the squaws echoed through the forest aisles Yet the plague contlnued to sw eep through the trlbe At last O Luk the chlef medxcme man held a council He had been told that the Great Splrxt w as angry becluse the lndlan people had opened the box from a far land home of the plague, and demanded a sacrlfrce Thxs sacrxflce must be a malden young and beautiful who for loye of her people would give herself unto the arms of death The girl could not be chosen she must offer herself to saye her people she must trayel two days journey to a clxff aboye the broad Columbla and there leap to her death The maidens lud ln terror lest the Great Spxrlt should require of them the supreme sacrlflce All but Snow Ilower, who went about carmg for the suck helplng the squaws wlth their work But the lndlans continued to die On the thxrd dav after O Luk had spoken a runner came to Snoyv Flower say mg that Deer Foot had been strlcken w 1th the plague lt was but a moment that Snow Flower hesrtated then turmng swrftly her small hands clenched against her heart she sped to her father She stood before hlm with head bowed waxtlng for the srgnal that would gxve permlsslon to speak The chief lay upon his bed weak and shrunken wlth the fever Feebly he raised his hand Speak he demanded Great Chief my father saxd the glrl the Great Spmt demands a sacrlfxce l go to take the leap of death that mv people may llve rl he chief s eyes gllttered but his face dld not change G he w hlspered weakly I grye thee to the arms of the Great Sprrxt lace of kxnnlkmmck berrxes that hung llke drops of blood about her neck She would leaye these with Deer loot as a token of her love a symbol of her sacrlfrce But as she came to the wlgwam of his mother her heart falled her she could not see hum So placmg the necklace rn the hands ot the older squaw yy ho had met her at the oor she sud laor Deer loot l go to mlke thc sycrxlce And turning she yy as quickly lost H1 the depths of the forest rloday from a hugh clrff aboye the broad sweep of the Columbia Rlyer falls a musty sheet of w lter Down down ty It strll es 1 b 1s1n on x shelf far be ow Again II leaps reaching for the yy iters of the LTCII rlyer and ls lost yn the glittering colors of a I'dlIlb0W mlst Ihe lndl ms of the YV1ll11mette haye L legend that has been handed down for mlny genermons lhey tell that an lndlan maiden once leaped from thls cliff Into the arms of de ith th it her people mlght be sayed These fills yy ere pl xced there by the hand cf thc Grelt Splrlt is a token that her sacrnfnce yy as not ln y un IHE PRIXCP OF VVXLPS kyyyx XIVIR She kicked ind jumped lS shc drd rush Her shoes yy ere full of naxls VS 1th neck cury ed back she h1t the brush Off fell the Prince of VVales' I vc. , , 1 , 1 ' . Y v v . y, . . . . . C1 V V 1 K 1 K .K w v Y 7 K sl Y I vi 1 n V y v v . , F V 1 y . ' ' ' - v ' . y .1 . . , . , - , 1 , I. 4 . j z . . , . . . . . , 1 1 1 l Y Y 1' 1 1' I' 1 1 1 1, 1 C H 1 a 1 , T I , , , , , ' . . '. . ' y ' .H , . C Y , s. . -,, Q I , . . I Y ' l . . U , V' ' ' KK YY . I' 1 . 1 . , . ,, . ,, . . ,A , . . . . Q , 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 , . ,, , . , . v . . ' 1 ' ' nr H v ' Y Y. an ' , . . 0, . U , . ' ' ,Y . ' , . . Wnth no further word she ran from her fathers wxgw am, tuggmg at her neck- 5 1 . , , C 9 , , I , . . . . . . , . d , . .. , ' , f . - .. f . 1, . ', 1 7 ' 1 ' t 1 ' 1 ' , 1 X 1 5 ' : 'z . ', '- ll 5 1 5: 1: z. l . f. . 5, . ' f ' 'z : 1 1 ' , . : s ' ' . ' ' . . z 5 1 . . f . . 5 ' . . z , z f 5. ' . ' z : ' 1 ' D . 1 - 1 1 I . . . , ,f. Y , , A 1 A J BE :L , '29 1 ' z if Q ' : , S 5 I K :Q f' . , ' 1 F 1 :Q

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SI-IADOVVS I'aAscEs For 28 Ir was dusk ln Santrenoux fhe dying sun cast ghastly shadows upon the quxet helds-shadows purple and gray A smgle breeze stxrred and was silent Far aw ay a yesper bell famtly chlmed the hour Agaln silence The shadows deepened and caressed a t1ny house It w as 1 trred lxttle house for II had stood amxdst the ray ages of hghtlng but 1 few years ago Its small held of gram and garden had been trampled and destroyed foreyer Fhe little woman who belonged to the house w as gray too gray as were the mxsts outsnde Her body was shr1y eled and bent her hands were knotted and worn with ceaseless labor She, too was a trred lxttle lady for llfe for her had been dlfhcult and long Outslde on the hlll were two crosses gray crosses A husband a son her glft to France And France had ln ed Now she was alone thrs lrttle lady and she w as yery Wearv Outside the shadows lengthened pur ples faded mto grays grays mto black Darkness fell and nestled upon the hlll and the two crosses A smgle star burned m the sky It w 'ls mght rn Santrenouyc GROWING 101 1 yr H xkkls 27 bomethmg there rs w1th1n us every one I hat loves the sun That longs to laugh upon the mountam tops To leave the plam' A t1ny seed that yearns to upward stretch To klss the clouds To make the magic of the stars tts own And lookmg dow nw lrd from a noble helght Know lt has grown' And then to mould the essence of 1ts joy Into a flower 'I o gxve agam ln perfume on the wmd All the rare sweets and loyelmess that took A life to find' bo may our ln es llke the sweet rose unfold From bud to bloom Garnermg Joy and glyxnv rt tenfold Tlll God reyonces such a thing should sprung From lowly mould' THE LEGEND OF THE VVILLHXNIETTES Deslse Don 99 Xlany moons ago there dw elt rn the Vallev of the VVxllamette, a trxbe of Indian people When the rivers became swollen wlth the flood txdes of sprmg they embarked rn the fleet of canoes taking wlth them their old men therr squaws and children to rlde on the bosom or the broad Lolumbm down to the shores ot the gre ll water there to spear salmon w here the waters of the great rly er mlngled w1th the sea It was now sprlng, and the wlgwams of the IV1llamette trlbe dotted the sands of the shore As Chref Eagle heather haughtlly strode near the yy ater s edge one morn mg w hrle hrs people dug clams for the noonday meal he saw a box made of strange wood and bound ln metal whrch the wayes evxdently had cast upon the beach Clalmlng xt as hls own Eagle Feather ordered rt stowed ln his canoe and hastlly W ' .' ., ' A . 7 C . 'I Q C n . . I 1. G C 4 -' I . I I I 1 I , If F Y 4-I, V , ' ! , ,Y , - . ' . L' ' 1 . ' Viv v Y 7 - ' 1 - I F n ' k . s In vi . I 4 n , , , ., A , , , -, I, , F Y That woos the wmd and courts the crystal ram, F Y . 7 7 V - ! X ! F v Y 3 I I2 Y .I I ' F I F Y Y . PS 9 , . . . 1 . . . , - .1 ,, . , , ., ' , 5 . ., ' 3 s f z . , , . Y Y , . . 1 . v - . X r I -' ' s i . Y f ' 1 I v l Y y . v 3 Y ,! ' . , l Y y ,

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HUVI IHI2 I I'1 LIL VVXb YN UN PxTR1e1x lion ues, 30 VVhen I xx 1s xoung I thought there xx 1snt 1 horse lll the xx orld th1t could he1t m I nexer xxxll orget the TTCC 1t the Uerlxx lll lngl md I h1d he1ten 111 the lorses III t1e I nlted St1tes so xx 1s sent to I l1j,.II'lH to r11e lgllllxst I'1re xx ho 111 he1ten 1ll the horses ln Lngl1nd 1nd some IU Ir1n1e I got xxxfullx Qe1s1clc gomg oxer 1nd mx tr11ner xx 1s xerx mueh xxorrled but I re1ox ered lfter xxe lmded Then xxe xxent up hx tr1m to the Derhx I'he trlp xx 1s xxonderful Ihe Qcenerx xx11 eharmlng the houses qu11nt I lxked xt 1ll xerx mueh hut I thunk I Qhould soon get tlred of xt I knoxx though th1t I ll nex er tlre of our oxxn seenerx 11 Amer111 I h1xe nex er st1xed m Qu1h splendid qu1rters smce the tlme I xxent to Lngl1nd s1xx lre txe seeond d1x of mx st1x x ut e xx TN hm some' I fell ln oxe xxnth hlm rxght there on the Qpot He hked me too hut xxe didn t h ue mueh ch1nce to m1ke loxe untll 1fter the r1ee At l1st the d1x of the rlce d1xxned I dldnt get xerx mu1h hre1kf1st th1t mormng All thex g1xe me xx1s some gr11n A lrttle xxhlle before the r1ce mx tr1lner e1me ln 1nd sud to me, Good luek to xou, R1nnett YVhen I xx ent out on the fleld I ne1rlx fell oxer bec1u1e I had nexer seen so manx people nn all mx lnfe before Lots of people 1Ixx1xs c1me to mx r1ees m Amer1e1, but I nexer haxe seen so m1nx people 11 xxere g1thered there It m1de me quxte nerx ous I shot out luke the xxmd xx hen the pxstol xx ent off 1nd th1t put me 1he1d of Iflre, so I sloxxed doxxn 1 llttle I xx1nted to 1t1x just 1 llrtle vx1v belund hlm, at flrst, 1nd then ne1r the flnlsh, e1teh up 1nd p1ss hmm I h1d to run f1ster th1n I had exer run before, 1s 1 m1tter of fact, I nex er h1d to run mx f1ste1t to he1t horses Ill Amerlel Gr1du1llx I hegxn to ereep up meh hx meh Nlx helrt xx1s str11n1ng almost to hurstmg In 1 moment of terror I re1l1Led th xt I w1s outcl1ssed I eouldn t piss lnm' Ihen he turned llls he1d 1nd looked lf me, xxlth those hug deep exes of has Hls strxde sl1ekened ex er eo llttle I pulled up exen xxlth hum I p1ssed hlm 'XIx nose touched the t1pe 1nd the mtern1t1on1l trtle xx 1s mme' ALL OW 1 SL NINIER XFTILRNOONI Fox XI D Fnoxivsox 0 One d1x during a hot spell llst summer 18 I xx 1s xx 1lk1ng to the sxxlmmlng pool at the Lommumtx Bunldmg mtendmg to go sxxlmmmg, I deuded to sxt doxxn m the sh1de of U1 old SDTCILIIIIE o lk tree ne1r the hxghxx tx II d rest mx self I suppose the SLOYLIIIIUL he1t mlde me feel l1Lx lVell I xx 1s on the xerge of golng to sleep, xx hen I he1rd 1th1n xxe1k XOILC exel11m Hello SITTHQCY 1nd looklng 'lround 111 I s11xx xx as 'ill old delap1d1ted h1t It spoke lt s me xou he1r, don t look so queerlx 1t me I xxondered hoxx 1 h1t could talk hut ju ' then thxs fre1l lsh t1lkmg hut 1ddressed m I am 1 h1t, xt s'ud ust to look 1t me xou xx ouldnt thmk th1t I 1m dxf ferent from 1nx xxorn out, east 1s1de h1t Perh1ps I 1111 LIYIIIELC xour 1de1 of th1t hx tellmg xou about mx l1fe I used to he proud 1nd haughtx for I entered the xxorld ln 1 flne hlg h1t f11 torx 1hout four xe1rs 1go rlhen I xx 1s eonsldered xerx stxllsh 'Ind I rode 1hout IH 1 f1nex h1t hox xxlth 1 fexx of mx friend Une dxx 1 smmlmg, s1uxe store keeper took me out 1nd shoxx ed me to 1 d1pper xor ng mm xx ho deuded to hux me 'xlx mlster, for sueh he xx 1s noxx, xx ore me 1lmost ex erx mght to pl ILCS xx here he d1s.1ppe1red 1nd left me 1mong 1 lot of other ll'tts Ihere ls xx here I g11ned 1 lot of knoxxledge hx talking to other hats I'hex xxere 1 motlex lot, of 1ll shapes and eolors md e1eh one knexx somethlnxf dlfterent from the otherQ W e 11lxx1xs man1ged to pass the time lxghtlx enough After about 1 xe1r of sueh experxenees mx m1ster declded that I xxas getting shihhx I thmk he xx as just tlred of me s0 he g1xe me to one of hls serx ants Nlx 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 s s v 1 , 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 E. 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