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Show Origin of Thunder. Once upon a time three Indians went hunting They walked for three long days aud nights but could see neither game nor forests They fin ally came to a tall tree and one of the hunters climbed to the top of the branches In order to look for game From the tree top a path led to an Indian tepee In the clouds He at once Informed his companions on the ground, and Instructed them to follow him. Arriving at the tepee, they en tered and Joined other Indians who wore smoking their pipes After feasting feast-ing for some time they alt went out to hunt. The reports of their guns were heard on the earth, and even the Indians In-dians of today believe that every time It thunders those Indians are hunting upon the Happy Hunting grounds. One Indian, on returning to the earth, told the Chlppewas that by of ferlng up smoke as a sacrifice tothe thunder It would stop thunder. Some of the Indians still follow the custom cf smoking during a storm to appease the thunder Genevieve liebeau (Chippewa) (Chip-pewa) In lied Man |