83 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



*' are you not ashamed to quarrel with your little 

 brother?" The dogs appear to understand the 

 reproof and sneak off. 



The Strong-bows, and Rocky-Mountain In- 

 dians, have a tradition in common with the Dog- 

 ribs, that they came originally from the westward, 

 from a level country, where there was no winter, 

 which produced trees, and large fruits, now un- 

 kno\\-n to them. It was inhabited also by many 

 strange animals, amongst which there was a small 

 one whose visage bore a striking resemblance to 

 the human countenance. During their residence 

 m this land, their ancestors were visited by a 

 man who healed the sick, raised the dead, and 

 performed many other miracles, enjoining them 

 at the same time to lead good Uves, and not to eat 

 ot the entrails of animals, nor to use the brains 

 for dressing skins until after the third day ; and 

 never to leave the skuU of deer upon the ground 

 %vithmthe reach of dogs and wolves, but to hang 

 them carefully upon trees. No one knew from 

 whence this good man came, or whither he went. 

 i hey were driven from that land by the rising of 

 he waters, and foUowing the tracks of animals on 

 the sea-shore, they directed their course to the 

 northward. At length they came to a strait, 

 Which they crossed upon a raft, but the sea has 



