AN INDIAN VILLAGE 231 



of the space in which the other eleven are 

 located. This towers above all the rest so 

 that from its crest nearly all the wilderness 

 world can be seen. Many ages ago a medi- 

 cine man warned the people of our tribe that 

 big rains would come and fill all the valleys. 

 These big waters from the sky were to get 

 deeper every day because the rain would not 

 stop coming down, until forty days and nights 

 had passed away. The medicine man said 

 every brave, every squaw, and every boy and 

 girl should climb to the top of the great moun- 

 tain and take plenty blankets and meat along, 

 and after the ground had been watered forty 

 days the water would commence to go to its 

 own home — the place of the big waters. 



"This word was passed to all our people, 

 and most of them obeyed the medicine man's 

 commands. Soon were seen families of In- 

 dians coming from all over the country. They 

 were told to bring their blankets which were 

 to keep them warm and shed the rain from 

 them during the forty days' downpour. 



"They were warned not to kill any game 

 animals but to help to drive as many as they 

 could to the summit of Jubilee Mountain, so 

 that when the rush of waters was over there 

 would be enough animals left to take the 



