THEIR JOURNEY
NOW YOU HAVE HEARD
HOW IT WAS FOR OUR PEOPLE
How they left their land
under a thunder of falling rock.
How they walked
a difficult and water-washed path.
How they found varying paths
through Endless Mountains
carrying with them
all Ancient Songs.
How they traced new paths
through new mountains
and across a Grass Ocean.
How they met new Peoples
and learned from them.
How they rose
and walked East one night,
carrying with them what they could,
leaving behind all else.
The Walking People,
A Native American Oral History
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