But the plants continued friendly to man. When they heard what the animals had done, they promised to help him and his children forever.
Every tree and plant, even the grass and the moss, agreed to furnish a cure for one of the diseases sent by the animals.
Each said in turn: "I shall help man when he calls on me in his need."
Thus came medicine. And if we only knew where to look, we might find among the plants a cure for every kind of sickness.
HOW SPRING CONQUERED WINTER
Far to the North lives the terrible giant, Winter. When he leaves his home, all people dread his coming. He whistles, and the storms roar about him. Where he steps, the ground turns to rock and plants bow their heads to the earth.
All the animals flee before him and hide in caves and hollow trees. The children leave their happy play and sit shivering by the wigwam fire.
One day old Winter looked about him. He saw no life in field or forest. The wind raged, and the drifts almost hid the lodges of the Indians.