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THE, GALLEON
Legend of Guadalupe
Randolph LongIf, on December the 11th one
happened to be traveling thru
the regions where the Aztec In-
dians used to roam in the south-
ern part of the North American
continent, he would see fires on
a near-by hill, and toward even-
ing he would see candles burn-
ing in paper sacks set upon
every house top. Upon investi-
gation he would find that these
fires and lights were in celebra-
tion of the finding of the Prin-
cess Guadalupe, which is a le-
gend that is nearly as old as the
tribe itself, and far older than
the knowledge of the first Span-
iard who set his foot on Ameri-
can soil.
If the traveler were to ask
questions about this time worn
legend, the story he would get
would be something like this.
In the early days of the Az-
tec tribe there was born to' one
of the chiefs a little daughter
who was some day to be ths
princess and heiress of the
tribe. As she grew older, she
became more and more beauti-
ful. Her father taught her the
use of the bow aiid ariow; he
also taught her the sports that
the young warriors of the tribe
engaged in. The other girls of
the tribe had to work, but this
princess because of her rank,
was as care-free as any of the
warriors dared to be. Not many
moons had passed before she
was able co surpass any of the
young men in their games in
the use of the bow and rarrow.
Many times she journeyed into
the woods and killed game asthe warriors did, and many
times returned with more game
than did any of the others. But
regardless of what she did or
where she went, she always re-
turned to the camp at night be-
cause there were many tribles
that were hostile to the Aztecs
and would have delighted in
capturing Guadalupe and carry-
ing her off to be their princess.
Finally, the day came when
Guadalupe did not return at
evening time. As the night wore
on, the whole camp became more
and more restless. The Chief
called a council of the braves to
find if any signs of enemy trib-
es had been seen during that
day. Every one was eager to
know where the princess was
or where she had gone. As soon
as the council was dismissed, a
fast was declared until the prin-
cess should be taken back again
or found.
Three days passed and still
there was no sign of any enemy
nor any signs of the princess.
All were again gathered around
the Council Fire, and the great
chief was asking what should
be done. Finally one of the
braves had a plan; Since no
signs of enemies had been found
he suggested that the princess
must be lost, and so he told
them to go out in all four direc-
tions and start large fires. These
fires were to be built every
quarter of a mile, and in a
straight line toward the camp.
This was done, and within an
hour the princess was safe in
her own camp again, and there15
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