A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Continued from last week... The whole village feared the giant bear. At night they kept close to the fire because bears, for some reason, are afraid of fire. The people in the village could hear the bear’s loud call as he circled the settlement in the darkness. Each night the bear circled closer. The people knew if the bear became hungry enough, he would enter the village and eat the people. One night, three brothers had a powerful dream. Their dreams were exactly the same. They dreamt...
as told by Kanietakeron This is a Mohawk story that was told to children. A long, long time ago there was a village on the bend of a river. On one sunny day, a hunter was out in the forest looking for game. While walking along a trail, he stumbled on a hole. He stood back, scratched his head, and thought to himself, “This wasn’t here yesterday.” He went uphill to get a better look at the hole. His hair stood up. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. That hole was not just any hole, it...
