“Mothers taught their children what the boundaries were.”
And so people learned to stay on their own lands and mothers taught their children what the boundaries were. They taught the children to name them over and over again. They taught them to know how the boundaries looked.
For a long time Pigeon had to tell her mother each day the boundaries of the hunting grounds. She would stand on the cliff and point north to the narrow valley, then south to Little River. Then she pointed to a high ridge of hills toward the east and west to the River of Stones.
While Pigeon was so small that Eagle-eye had to take her by the hand, her mother took her to the boundaries. Eagle-eye had taught her so well that she knew them as soon as she saw them.
Perhaps you have heard the story told about mothers who taught their children the boundary lines. It is told that mothers used to be so anxious to have their children remember the boundaries that they whipped them at each one. Then the story is told that in later times instead of beating the children, people let them beat the boundaries. Some day you may be able to learn more about the strange customs of beating the boundary lines.
THINGS TO DO
Mark out in your sand-box the boundary lines of the hunting ground of the Horse clan. Show a good place for another hunting ground.
Ask some one to read you the story, “The Goblins will get you if you don’t watch out.” What do you think the story means?
Climb a hill, or look out of a high window, and see if you can find land which at one time was a good hunting ground.