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WOODMYTH & FABLE S^ 



THE SMOKING-DAYS ON 

 CHASKA-WATER 



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-^ i^F^^ HE Red moon waned over 

 p Chaska-water, the Red 

 and the Hunting and Leaf- 

 [?(!%• falling moons. 



Signal-fires rose on the 

 hills by the lake. 



Signals to all: "Come to council.'* 

 Teepees were seen on the hills — 

 painted and beautiful teepees, red and 

 orange and brown, the tents of the tribes 

 now assembling. 

 A herald outcries : 



*'The days grow short and the Mad 

 moon comes. Old Peboan's scouts have 

 spied out our camp. Oh, blacken your 

 faces for Chaska-water." 



That night came the hostile spies 



