Post by Okwes on Jul 24, 2007 11:55:33 GMT -5
Emergence from Nanih Waiya - Choctaws
A very long time ago the first creation of people was in Nanih Waiya and
there they were made and there they came forth. The Muscogees (Creeks) first
came out of Nanih Waiya, and they dried themselves on Nanih Waiya's earthen
rampart, and when they got dry they went to the east. On this side of the
Tombigbee, there they rested and as they were smoking tobacco they dropped
some fire.
The Cherokees next came out of Nanih Waiya. And they dried themselves on
Nanih Waiya's earthen rampart, and when they got dry they went and followed
the trail of the elder tribe. And at the place where the Muscogees had
stopped and rested, and where they had smoked tobacco, there was fire and
the woods were burnt, and the Cherokees could not find the Muscogees' trail,
so they got lost and turned aside and went north and there toward the north
they settled and made a people.
And the Chickasaws third came out of Nanih Waiya. And they sunned themselves
on the earthen rampart, and when they got dry they went and followed the
Cherokees' trail. And when they got to where the Cherokees had settled and
made a people, they settled and made a people close to the Cherokees.
And the Choctaws fourth and last came out of Nanih Waiya. And they then
sunned themselves on the earthen rampart, and when they got dry, they did
not go anywhere but settled down in this very land and it is the Choctaws'
home.
This Myth was found in "Native American Legends" compiled and edited by
George E. Lankford (August House/Little Rock Publishers, 1987, ISBN#
0-87483-039-7)
A very long time ago the first creation of people was in Nanih Waiya and
there they were made and there they came forth. The Muscogees (Creeks) first
came out of Nanih Waiya, and they dried themselves on Nanih Waiya's earthen
rampart, and when they got dry they went to the east. On this side of the
Tombigbee, there they rested and as they were smoking tobacco they dropped
some fire.
The Cherokees next came out of Nanih Waiya. And they dried themselves on
Nanih Waiya's earthen rampart, and when they got dry they went and followed
the trail of the elder tribe. And at the place where the Muscogees had
stopped and rested, and where they had smoked tobacco, there was fire and
the woods were burnt, and the Cherokees could not find the Muscogees' trail,
so they got lost and turned aside and went north and there toward the north
they settled and made a people.
And the Chickasaws third came out of Nanih Waiya. And they sunned themselves
on the earthen rampart, and when they got dry they went and followed the
Cherokees' trail. And when they got to where the Cherokees had settled and
made a people, they settled and made a people close to the Cherokees.
And the Choctaws fourth and last came out of Nanih Waiya. And they then
sunned themselves on the earthen rampart, and when they got dry, they did
not go anywhere but settled down in this very land and it is the Choctaws'
home.
This Myth was found in "Native American Legends" compiled and edited by
George E. Lankford (August House/Little Rock Publishers, 1987, ISBN#
0-87483-039-7)