But return now, and teach what you have
learned here."
A cloud of smoke in the form of a great eagle came to him, and, seated
on its back, he was borne down to the top of the tree from which he had
risen. He opened his eyes. The sun was shining. His pursuers had gone
away. He descended and traveled on. His mind was filled with what he
had seen. He said, "I will no longer play tricks, but tell the people
about what I learned in the happy hunting-grounds."
After a long journey he drew near a village. He gave the common signal.
Runners came to meet him. The head chief and all the people came to
hear. He was asked, "What news do you bring us?"
He said, "I that was the Mischief Maker am the Peace Maker now. The
Great Spirit took me to the happy hunting-grounds, and I am sent back
to tell you how to get there." Then the Peace Maker described all he
had seen. The people built a great fire and danced around it, and
shouted as they had never done before. Then he said, "This is the
message I bring you."
So the people sat in a great circle round the fire and listened. He
spoke:--
"The Great Spirit is unseen, but he is about us. He will not forsake us.
He rules all things for us. He will take care of us. He told me that we
should return thanks to him, for he changes the seasons, and makes corn
and beans and squashes grow for us.
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