Jack the Young Explorer

did you ever hear that the people once lived on the other

I seem to remember something about such

o us, Joe,

elieve that they used to live far up northeast, in the timber by some big lake, and that they came this way looking for some place where life was easier, where there was more game and it was easier to get close to the animals. I guess that is true, because there ar

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y. In the camp was an old man and his family, three sons, young men grown up. Now, at last, when there was no food to be had, this old man said, 'Why should I stay here where there is no food? I shall go away with my child

steeper, higher and harder to cross. The road was rough, thick timber kept them back, sharp stones cut their feet, wide rivers stopped them. They found no game, except now and then some birds, and soon they grew tired, hungry, footsore and discouraged. At last they had almost made up their minds to stop looking for what they could not find, and to turn about and try to return to their own country and their own people; but one night, as they talked about this, the old man said to them, 'Come,

e lonely, rough, dark mountains. On the plain they could see herds of big brown animals, larger than any that they had ever seen before, animals with curly hair and short black horns. Ther

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ut you have taken care of us and have brought us safely out of them. Now we can see the things that we may live by.' So he prayed for help, and for plenty to eat and for lo

r they had used them all up in crossing the mountains, and the buffalo would n

er this had been put on his feet, the young man became so swift that he could at once run up alongside the fastest cows and kill them with his knife. Th

ack hi

n and said, 'Why do you treat our brother so much better than you treat us? You have made him a swift runner, so that he can overtake the game, while we can kill nothing, and our wives a

eat food which your brother has killed? If you wish names go to war, and when you come bac

ed his wife to make him some moccasins and a war sack,

e with snow, the leaves fell. From the north came the wild fowl, the swans, geese and ducks, and their numbers covered the surface of the prairie lakes, while their cries were heard night and day through the air. Then the wild fowl passed on, the snow fell and melted and fell again, and it was win

s clothing worn by long travel, but his body was lean and hard. The women hurried and set food before him, and while he ate they sang songs about him, telling how brave he was and how he had traveled far to strike his enemies.

killed many chiefs, let that be your name, Ah′ kāi nāh' (many chiefs). So after that the second

Thunder spoke, and again the grass grew. The wife of the third son thought much about her husband, fearing that she woul

him food, and as he ate, she looked at him and saw that his clothing was torn and ragged, his face thin and his arms and breast scarred, but from his quiver hung scalps, and on the ground beside him was a bundle. Then she began to sing about him and the others in the lodge arose and sat by the fire while he ate. After he had eaten and smoked, he said to the old man, 'I have traveled far and I have seen many peo

said a little while ago, that the people came from up north and I've always believed that they were relations of the Crees. I've often wondered, though, about how the tribes got their names. There are lots of

ans and one white man that have that name. This story says that Ah′ kāi nāh has been shortened to Kainah, and if that is so why

elieve that's what it does mean, but I do

ing and bring in your horses. I want to start before it gets warm, so