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PART II CONTINUED Hide this bark that brought me safely 'Til we come again to journey To our homeland, which lies northward. •’ Then he strode off in the darkness, Soan-ge-taha, the strong-hearted, Searching for his little firefly. And the little waves which sparkled In the shimmering moon that evening Bore the grains of mud and seedlings. Placed them softly all together As they lapped against the dug-out. And they sang and laughed together For they knew their work was easy. Many waves for many seasons Would take part in this, the hiding. Soan-ge-taha, the strong-hearted Would not come to use his dug-out. Part III From Sombrero Beach one morning Came the sound of heavy motors. Pushing through the muddy shoreline Insects, made of steel and iron, t Caterpillars, clams and draglines. Suddenly a workman shouted And another came and stood there By an aged and ancient dug out. Which was bound to earth in fetters Of the Mangrove root which tied it Firmly to tne sand beneath it. They knew not of Soan-ge-taha; And to them a Wau-wau-taysee Was a lightning bug which flickered In a poem called Hiawatha. Part IV In the spirit world which revels In the land of the tomorrow And.the facts of the hereafter, There appeared one night a troubled Spirit of our Soan-ge-taha. And by chance, or fate, which willed it There appeared to him that evening Old Nakomis, from the Northland Teacher of one Hiawatha, Saying in a windy whisper; Gitchee-Manito, The Mighty, Bade me come and ease your burden. You are now to search no longer. You are truly the strong-hearted. •• And the voice of Soan-ge-taha Like the voice of many waters Asked out strongly in tne moonglow, What is that, Nakomis?” And the Old Nakomis answered Tis a great and concrete teepee- Trysting place of Soan-ge-tana And His gentle Wau-wau-taysee, Little Flitting lamp of knowledge. 4
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THE LEGEND Part I By the shores of the Atlantic Greater than the Big Sea Waters Broader than the Gitchee-Gummee Born by Streams of warm Gulf water, Sailed the bark of Soan-ge-taha. Soan-ge-taha, the strongrhearted, Had for many moons been seeking With an empty-hearted longing For his loved one, Wau-wau-taysee. Wau-wau-taysee, little firefly. Who had flitted through his seasons Came to him in early evenings Of the mild and dew-filled summers, Brought him light and warmth and gladness. Then she came one night in sadness And the stars lost of their brilliance And the moon hid in cloud shadows As she whispered, Soan-ge-taha. Gitchee-Manito, the mignty- Guiding Spirit of our fathers, Bids me leave the great pine forest To begin an arduous journey Which will follow ever Southward To a land of sun and water Where each day will be as summer. Thus she spoke and then departed As the flame from out the camp fire. Living embers in the darkness Ate tne heart of Soan-ge-taha, And he suffered in the silence. When the sun rose, dull, next morning. Birds did not begin their chatter, For they saw that Soan-ge-taha Made great work in preparation For a far and distant journey. Thus he left from out his homeland Knowing that no kind of Teepee Is a home without The Loved One. Thus began the long, hard voyage That had brought him to the snoal line On the border of Gulf water. Part II Silently the dug-out drifted Till it neared the Cove of Vaca Which wastdarkened by Key foliage Just beyond the silver beach strand That lay ribboned on the sea shore. Unseen hands and arms reached forward, Grasped the dugout in the water And then beached the little vessel Gently, so that Soan-ge-taha Stepped forth firmly on the beach sand. Turned and said this prayer for guidance: Gitchee-Manito, the Mighty, Hear this voice in darkness seeking Help to find my Wau-wau-taysee. 3
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