My First Blog

There was once a coyote who was walking on a straight path. He suddenly heard a voice that told him to stop. He looked down and saw a snake that was on the path. The snake told him to exit the path and walk around instead of stepping over him. The Coyote told the snake that he had just as much a right to the path as the snake did, and wished to continue on the path. The snake warned the Coyote that if he chose to pass over him instead of walking around, he would be bitten by the snake. The coyote weighed his options and chose the few moments of inconvenience by walking around the snake. The snake hissed and taunted the Coyote as he walked away but the Coyote ignored him and continued to his destination. After some time he came to a creek. As he was about to drink he saw himself and realized how happy he was to not have risked his life earlier. Then he walked on until he felt sleepy. So he pushed his way into the thick grass and fell asleep. After he rested, he woke up. He now needed ...

The Teton Ghost Stories Man hallucinates and sees two men and a woman When he thinks about them they disappear The Wakanda, or Water God Family loses son under water. The people of the sea agree to return him for a price of a w white haired dog. He died when he returned to land because he had already eaten their food. The Spirit Land Crow created the world He dropped dust into the world and out came solid land He dropped blades of grass and they became Forest trees Now he  is coming to help the living Indians Why the Possum Plays Dead Rabbit and Possum were looking for wives Rabbit traveled ahead and told everyone they must get married so he was given a wife Possum was given no wife Rabbit traveled to the next city and told them to start a war When Possum arrived, he was attacked  He played dead to avoid being killed Coyote and Snake Coyote and Snake encountered each other in a road Coyote refused to walk around snake, but instead insiste...

The Creation Elk rolled over the land which produced crops. People created the land from the mud in their hands. Sacred Legend People were originally in water Wove clothing from grass They were poor and cold The Legend of the Peace Pipes Chief commanded man to go into woods and create the pipe. Made to keep peace within the tribe One pipe prevented revenge If you refused the pipe four times, this meant that you could not ask for help or for mercy. The Eagles Revenge A man killed a deer He also killed an eagle who picked at the dead deer. Later the brother of the eagle came and killed many members of the hunter's tribe to enact revenge. Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies Women offers corn to young travelers Does not age The Three Ghost Stories Ghosts mistreat the spirit of murderers They also abuse the lonely Human bones were piled along the tree                             ...