He has it yet. He found it in a crotch-root of a spruce-tree at Head
Harbor, on the island of Campobello. This stone is a sign of good-luck
to him who finds it.
The thunder is the sound of the wings of the men who fly above. The
lightning we see is the fire and smoke of their pipes.
_Of the Woman who married the Thunder, and of their Boy._
(Passamaquoddy.)
Once a woman went to the edge of a lake [Footnote: It is impossible to
distinguish in any Indian story between lake and sea.] and lay down to
sleep. As she awoke, she saw a great serpent, with glittering eyes,
crawl from the water, and stealthily approach her. She had no power to
resist his embrace. After her return to her people her condition
betrayed itself, and she was much persecuted; they pursued her with
sticks and stones, howling abuse.
She fled from the village; she went afar into wild places, and, sitting
down on the grass, wept, wishing that she were dead. As she sat and
wailed, a very beautiful girl, dressed in silver and gold, [Footnote:
Both silver and gold were known in pre-Columbian, times to the Indians.
I had a cousin who once found a very old stone pipe in which a small
piece of gold had been set. Particles of gold are found in many
mountain-streams in New England.] appeared, and after listening to her
sad story said, "Follow me!"
Then they went up on high into a mountain, through three rocks, until
they came into a pleasant wigwam with a very smooth floor.
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