THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Can you think why the salmon feast was at the rapids of the river?
Show in your sand-map a place where rapids might be. If there is a river near you which has rapids, go to the spot and see if you can tell what it is that makes the rapids.
Show in your map the hunting grounds of the clans which met at the rapids. Find the trails they would follow in going to the rapids.
Find out all you can about the habits of the salmon.
A necklace of fossil shells.
The Meeting of the Clans
At his parting from Willow-grouse, Fleetfoot gave her a necklace of fossil shells. Then saying, “We shall meet when the new moon comes,” he started on his way.
He followed Sweet Briar River on his way to the meeting of the clans. At sunset he knew he was nearing the place where Willow-grouse said they had met. He could hear the roaring of the rapids, and above this sound, the shouts of the clans.