You sail on the river of dreams;
Dear Manitou loves you and watches above you
Till time when the morning light gleams.
—CHARLES MYALL.
[THE TAR WOLF]
I
Many hundreds of moons ago, there was a great drought. The streams and lakes were drying up. Water was so scarce that the animals held a council to decide what they should do.
"I hope it will rain soon and fill the streams and lakes," Great Bear said. "If it does not, all the animals will have to go to a land where there is more water."
"I know where there is plenty of water," said Wild Goose.