"a certain man had a dog. one day the dog looked westward and began howling.
the man also had a hen and chickens which began to dance about in the stomp
dance.
“then the man said to his dog, 'why are you howling? '
"i have discovered something that is making me howl. in about four days
everything is going to be overflowed by water. you ought to make a raft on which
to escape, gather all the wood you can on top of it, and keep a little fire burning
upon it. when you have finished the raft plait a hickory rope with which to tie it so
that it will not drift off into the ocean! " |
myths and tales of the southeastern indians

1. in this excerpt from a natchez myth, what two things first alert the man that
something unusual is going on?