Hunting BuffaloA Chapter by Dave Brown🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘As
last of New Day slipped below Horizon, 'Speaks to Moon' lit Campfire to light Night’s
prairie. There
he sat alone accompanied only by his paint pony, ‘Gallops Swiftly.’ He
had earlier told ‘Talks Quietly’ he would return after Moon had begun its
journey and eventually, he heard a sound approaching. It
was ‘Coyote’ coming to lay alongside him by the warming fire. ‘Coyote’,
the spirit of ‘Lives Free’, existed only in the spirit world. His
passing had taken him, east to the sandhills where he lived free of all worries.
Both
he and ‘Gallops Swiftly’ touched noses in a familiar, welcoming hello. Each
full moon, Wanka Tonka allowed him to visit his son, using the spirit body of ‘Coyote’
as had happened with his father before and would happen again when ‘Speaks to
Moon’ also travelled east. This
had happen for previous, endless generations. The
two joined minds and watched Fire’s flames flicker, much like light from Prairie’s
Fireflies while prayer chanting before the upcoming Buffalo hunt. Moon
said farewell to Horizon just as last of Fire’s sparks flickered, then died. With
New Day’s approach, ‘Coyote’ rose and vanished back among Prairie’s grass. From
Prairies grass, sustenance would be passed on to Buffalo, who then passed it on
to the tribes, ultimately using it for survival. ‘Lives
Free’ offered a goodbye, leaving ‘Speaks to Moon’ and ‘Gallops Swiftly’ to wait
for ‘Talks Quietly’ at their hunting camp. With
coming of New Day, they would hunt Buffalo. © 2023 Dave Brown |
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1 Review Added on November 17, 2023 Last Updated on November 20, 2023 AuthorDave BrownNanaimo Vancouver Island, West coast, CanadaAboutI'd like to thank those who have been kind enough to review my efforts. more..Writing
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