<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>THE THUNDER BIRD</h2>
<p class="subtitle">Assiniboin</p>
<p><span class="dropcap">T</span>he Sioux, or Dakotas, of whom the Assiniboins
are a branch, pretend that thunder is
an enormous bird, and that the muffled
sound of the distant thunder is caused by a countless
number of young birds! The great bird, they say,
gives the first sound, and the young ones repeat it; this
is the cause of the reverberations. The Sioux declare
that the young Thunders do all the mischief, like boys
who will not listen to good advice; but the old
Thunder, or big bird, is wise and excellent; he never
kills or injures any one!</p>
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