Legend of the Thunder God

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Legend of the Thunder God
Hilary Cypher Vince Colford ChristineSkoglund
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The Black Hills of South Dakota, "with more than
a thousand square miles of mysterious,
haze-shrouded peaks, peaceful flowering valleys,
turbulent streams and gold-ribbed cliffs, have
been aptly termed 'the Happy Hunting Ground of
the Dakotas."'
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Sitting Bull, Lakota Sioux Medicine Man


When the Thunder God spoke among the people of
the Black Hills, the Medicine Man called together
the frightened warriors. They were huddled in the
lodges of their camp along the Belle Fouche River.
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• He told them this story
• "You who now listen will not be harmed. It is
  said that the Evil Spirit once became so angry at
  the Red People that he caused the mountains to
  vomit fire and hot stones to terrify them.

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Their lodges and their children were destroyed.
The Great Spirit had compassion, put out the
fire, and chased the Evil Spirit away.
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• "But when they returned to their wickedness, the
  Great Spirit permitted the Evil Spirit to return
  to the mountains and again vomit forth fire.

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When again the Red People became good and made
sacrifices to the Great Spirit, He chased away
the Evil Spirit and kept him from disturbing the
people.

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"For forty snows, they were undisturbed, except
occasionally. Sometimes the Great Spirit would
warn them, through thunder, that if they should
return to their wickedness He would have them
punished.
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Again He would have the mountains vomit forth
fire and hot stones, and thus destroy them. Even
today He occasionally warns us.
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• "So return now to your lodges, and do not be
  afraid. The Red People now will come to no harm."
  

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The End
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Works Cited

• http//www.powersource.com/gallery/people/sittbull
  .html
• http//www.potawatomi.org
• http//www.naturesongs.com
• http//www.wso.net/outdoorsclub
• http//www.goecities.com/RainForest/7694/music.htm
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Works Cited

• http//www.Indians.org
• http//www.nuxalk.org
• http//www.members.tripod.com/Quohadi
• http//pages.ancientsites.com
• http//dgl.microsoft.com