Reading Notes: Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes, Part A
Main Characters: A god figure in many different forms Manabush Secondary Characters: People and animals of the earth Important things to remember: The Earth-Maker The Earth-Maker was sad there was nothing, so he created a piece of earth from what he was sitting on, then creating grass and a man named Tortoise Tortoise made war on earth, so he took him back and sent a Hare instead Creation The Creator of All Things had no eyes but could see all, and he created earth underwater with fish first A crawfish brought up the mud to make land, and man was created Man was created before woman, giving man tobacco The Creator gave them bows and arrows, taught them to make fire and to honor bones The animals were smarter than man and gave them council The Great Flood A new world was made when Manabush balled the earth and tossed it into the water In the new world, many men went as animals to the Sky-World and came back with many new gifts from above The Origin of Tobacco and Maple Sugar Tobacc...