Oyea, Tau Natiaos, Guatiaos

a story - a Hitchiti-Mikasuki story as told by my family elder Jayabutu
McClellan

the ground shakes and the opening to the cave is exposed - the People
slowly walk to the opening and look out onto a strange new place - this
is
the Mother that had been created for them - but the cave represented
security - as a child can not resist the calling of birth the People
could not resist the calling of the new place. the cave now gave birth
to
the People - new life stepped onto the breast of Mother - a beautiful
new
beginning was at hand. The People were greeted by their many brothers
and
sisters that the Great Spirit had sent out ahead of them. Grandfather
moved in the sky and kept the cycles in harmony and spoke to the People
with his movement. Kiyas also moved and kept the cycles at the time of
darkness and spoke to the People with his movement. Beyond Kiyas lay
the
Okiyas lights that were placed in order - all were in proper place and
harmony for the telling of cycles and the times of planting, harvest and
movement. It was into this place of creation that the Great Spirit
delivered the People at the time of their cave birth. The People could
speak to and understand all of the words of their four-legged,
one-legged,
winged, crawler, and swimming brothers and sisters. By instruction,
these
brothers taught and guided the People in the ways of the Great Spirit.
Each of the brothers was told to take a small family group of the People
and to teach and guide them. Some of the brothers found great favor
with
the Great Spirit and the families of the People were to be called by the
name of these favored brothers. The wind spirit had breathed life into
the
People and he too was given a family of the People that would be called
after his name. After family clan names were given to the People, each
family clan went out and built their village. No one was to take a wife
from their own family clan - this was never to happen - nothing good
could
ever come from that marriage - each young man was to go to another
family
clan to get a wife - from this marriage good seeds could be planted in
fertile place - and the spirit of the child would be a good spirit - the
child would be a blessing to both family clans. Each clan received the
gift
of their brother who's name they used. Some were known as healers,
some as
warriors, some as leaders - each with their special gift. For many,
many
cycles the People lived in the way of harmony - led by those of great
wisdom and following the movements of Grandfather, Kiyas and Okiyas.
The
ways of war, greed and jealousy were not known. The bones of the
ancients
rested in peace - their ways were the ways of the beginning and that was
the way of harmony and understanding the cycles of life. Then came a
time
when the People selected a single leader, and this leader commanded the
clans of warriors, and this leader fell in love with the movement and
cycles of Grandfather - the leader looked to Grandfather for all
answers -
the cycles of Kiyas and the placement of Okiyas were used only for the
worship of Grandfather - these things were not in harmony with the
beginning and slowly pain and suffering came to the People.

Adonaset
Walk in Harmony

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