ORIGIN OF RED MAN
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MAN DID NOT EXIST, AND ONLY ANIMALS INHABITED THE EARTH. THREE SPIRITS, THE GREAT SPIRIT AND TWO LESSER SPIRITS, DWELLING ABOVE THE CLOUDS, WATCHED OVER THE EARTH. AND SUMMER AFTER SUMMER THEY SAW THAT THE WILD LIFE REMAINED THE SAME. ONE DAY THE GREAT SPIRIT SAID TO ONE OF HIS TWO COMPANION SPIRITS: "TOO LONG HAVE THE STREAMS AND FORESTS BELONGED TO THE BEASTS. MAKE ME A MAN."
THE SPIRIT AGREED AND WENT SEARCHING FOR THE PROPER MATERIAL. NOTHING HE FOUND WAS WORTHY OF THE MAN HE WANTED TO MAKE. HE FINALLY CAME UPON CHALK AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT JUST WHAT HE WANTED, HE PROCEEDED TO MIX IT INTO CLAY. THEN, MOLDING THE CLAY INTO HUMAN FORM, HE INFUSED IT WITH LIFE, AND BROUGHT IT TO THE GREAT SPIRIT.
FOR A LONG TIME THE GREAT SPIRIT SILENTLY STUDIED IT. FINALLY HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, AND SAID, "IT IS TOO WHITE." HE THEN ADDRESSED THE THIRD SPIRIT. "YOUR SKILL IS OUTSTANDING, PERHAPS YOU WOULD TRY TO MAKE ME A MAN."
OBEDIENTLY HE, TOO, WENT SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT MATERIAL. FINDING SOME CHARCOAL, HE PROCEEDED IN THE MANNER OF THE OTHER SPIRIT TO MOLD A HUMAN FORM, THEN BROUGHT IT TO THE GREAT SPIRIT.
AGAIN SILENTLY AND FOR A LONG TIME THE GREAT SPIRIT STUDIED IT, THEN SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, "IT IS TOO BLACK." AFTER CONTEMPLATING AWHILE, HE DECLARED. "I WILL TRY!"
KNOWING NOW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED, HE GOT SOME RED EARTH AND FORMED A HUMAN BEING IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE OTHER SPIRITS HAD. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE SAID, "HERE IS A PERFECT MAN!"
THIS IS HOW THE RED MAN CAME TO BE. THE GREAT SPIRIT SENT HIM DOWN TO EARTH TO SHARE THE STREAMS AND FORESTS WITH THE BEASTS.