Ted's Myth

Who Tony is

The author wishes to state that Ted talked it better than he wrote it, and accompanied his talking with pantomime for a well finished drama.

i October 1935 1oot Ted myth wlentiet got Tony Tioaependently hasira recial of practially s sy pobished1950 The dfterencethe two storien Is sight Tedr orienal versons ut wih state mime gave wel finibed drama change Todwords-bat only as 1e0g0t he story frolymind rocks In Clear Croek Canyon Tony it Kaowiedse of the ancent wriinge selentific volume gives almost this same story it the story can be found given under the authority ofduly accredited sclentist then credence fs given to TedMyth How Fire Was Brought to Man Volume 65 and Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts andTextsSci nces Palute and UinSho honean Language of the Southern Kaibab Palutes talt Utee Southern Palute Dictionary belng parts andof the volume by Bdward Sapir published in 1930 ives on pages 377 ei seq the actual Tidian text provided Ly Tony Tillohash of Kanab Paiute Indian then attendimg Carlisle Indiari School Tony spoke his version of the myth the words down bya8 Sapir given pages then 390frceot manslation of thatweretext taken is glven seq Readers of the Salt Lake Tribune who save clippings store thelr memory with Indian incidents will recall hiat the edition of the Tribune of December 1931 con tainednews story of howdelegation of Indians including Tony Tillohash called upon Apostle Anthony Ivins whom Tony wasbuckskin named vest and in presented Fim with aftera bead-embroidered token of the esteem and friendship in which the Indians held the venerable white friend this vest bore the Inscription words of whieh are hardly spaced and are givon ere exactly as the photo showed 1t ToN VNS HENO CHEAT What an Indian endorsement that out of thousands of whitemen one only could be found worthy designation He no Cheat The Indlans knowof the us protty well The text given Sapir by Tony Is reproduced verbatim below the width measure of these lines the leftgive in smaller type striking parallellams with Tesersion 15 proof me that basically the two stories are dentica differing oxy as any word of mouth story Is fo expeced to vary Tony doos not give any glypha put In the glyphs as Ted connects them The similarity in the storiesremarkable AL this point thewasreader Judgment think the original put onmustthe userocks his ownthink Tonyand Tedversions are but varlants of that original he reader must not be swayed by my inclination andfree to disagree to any extent Tonyversion Is fcepted creited scientifc treatise Teds 15 an Tndian tale tofriend of amateur standing without to con vince can only say that my bellefauthority sincere that recognized the talethe glyphs wrote me his versionTedof whichin turn dolled up for whiteman eonsumpton Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved