Legends

Legends are stories from our past that are circulated and believed by many even though there isn't any real life proof of truth. As you can see legends play an important part in the discovery of truth.

Some of the Native American Indians of the northwest speak of encounters with 'The Little People'. The Little People are part of the legends and myth of the Arapaho and Shoshoni, quite a few other tribes. There appears to be different types of these beings, some being more intelligent beings and those that are more violent in nature.

The Arapaho's apparently, were aware of such little people. This is what was briefly said about them.

1. According to tradition the beings were 3ft tall

2. Incredibly strong and feared because they had a taste for human flesh

3. Cannibalistic devils that perished in a great forest fire.

Here's an interesting story about Cannibal Dwarves. 

Legendary Native American Figures: Cannibal Dwarves

Although benign races of small magical creatures exist in many Native American tribes, the Little People of the Arapahos and neighboring tribes-- also known as Cannibal Dwarves or Enemy Dwarves-- are dangerous man-eaters and particular enemies of the Arapaho tribe. Their Arapaho name, Hecesiiteihii, literally means "little people." ("Teihiihan" comes from the Arapaho word for "strong"-- Arapaho dwarves are said to have superhuman strength.) In some texts they are referred to as "Nimerigar" instead, which is a name borrowed from the neighboring Shoshone tribe (who had similar legends about ferocious little people.) Descriptions of the cannibal dwarves vary somewhat from community to community, but they are usually said to be the size of children, dark-skinned, and extremely aggressive. Some storytellers say that they had the power to turn themselves invisible, while others say they were hard to spot simply because they moved with incredible speed. Some suggest that the dwarves' warlike temperament comes because they must be killed in battle to reach the dwarf afterworld. Others believe that they were gluttons who habitually killed more than they could eat just because they could. According to most versions of the story, the race of cannibal dwarves was destroyed in an ancient war with the Arapahos and other allied Native American tribes.

http://www.native-languages.org/cannibal-dwarves.htm

 

 

 

 

Puk-wud-jies. Translation of the name means little wild people of the forest

1. 2 Ft tall

 

2. white skin, brown hair and dressed in clothing made from grasses and tree bark

3. lived in caves along the riverbanks

More folklore according to Flathead tradition.

1. 3 Ft dwarves

2. considered peaceful

3.  If approached, people would fall into a swoon and awake upside down in a tree or missing some   of their clothing.

 

Stick Indians of Nez Perce, according to tradition.

1. Strange sounds, sometimes hoot like owls or howl like a coyote

2. very strong

3. kidnap people and sheep, calves

4. no tracks found

5. able to render themselves invisible and if you do see them you will endure a painful swelling of the face.

Supposedly, near Mount Adams some people were huckleberrying and decided to lock the baby in the car to keep it safe. No one else was in the car. While they were picking berries they heard the baby cry, when they reached the car the baby was gone. They heard it cry out again from another direction and that is where they found it.

I would also like to point out that in the Missing 411 Eastern United States book by David Paulides, there is a case of a missing 5 year boy, 25 miles south of Mount Adams, Washington. More of the case can be read on pg. 16-17 of that book. This young boy was later found after some lengthy searches, he was over 5 miles from the point he was last seen and he was missing one shoe and apparently in phenomenal shape for being out in the rugged wilderness for 2 full days.

If you look at some of the information provided you will begin to see that these strange occurrences are not new to North America. What really peaks my interest is that with all the people going missing in our national parks maybe, just maybe we are not looking in the right places or seeing all that is to be seen. Quite possibly these legends and oral traditions are part of the key to finding some of the answers.

I must admit there are some striking similarities to the disappearances that have occurred in our National Parks. I'm in no way saying that these are the answers to the missing persons cases, there may be a combination of phenomena happening that we haven't looked at yet.

skull, bone fragments, teeth found
• the taste for human flesh
  
  
  people found are in a semi-conscious or unconscious state lying face down with limbs extended.
  clothing removed or missing
• fall into a swoon upside down in a tree and missing some of their clothing
  
  
  victims are found near creeks rivers and streams...
• caves along the riverbanks
  
  
  
  
  Berry pickers vanishing, children found near berry bushes
• Huckleberrying