I turned around to look at my village from afar. I could see the smoke curling up from the mamateeks, and men and women walking around doing things. Mamateeks are small cone like structures that we cover with birch bark, and we dig out hollows in which we sleep. I could see Chilili kneeling down scraping the fur off a deer hide. My little brothers were chasing some other children around and laughing. I smiled, as Raven grabbed little white dove’s braid and yanked her to the ground. Her face turned red and they continued running around, except she was chasing them this time.
Still smiling I turned back to my task, hoping I would find something for my Iice (Mother). As I moved on, something caught my eye. It was a small black speck on the horizon, that hadn’t been there before. I stood there gawking at it, completely forgetting why I was there in the first place. I wondered what it was. I thought it might be a bird or something. I waited and waited but the speck really didn’t get much bigger. I quickly gathered some more clams and hurried home. I decided not to mention it to anyone, and I would go out the next day and watch it some more. It had captured my curiosity, and I had to find out what it was.
