The Peace Pipe


    Many moons and many moons ago in the far back times back when
    the animals talked with us there came a time when the evil one
    walked among us he went to a man and said to him" wouldn't you
    like to be safe to live in peace."

    Naturally the man answered yes then the evil one said " well its
    easy , all you have to do is go out and kill everyone who is not
    like you then you will be safe."

    The evil one went from lodge to lodge and village to village ,
    saying the same thing to everyone.
    "Wouldn't you like to be safe to live in peace."
    Well its easy , all you have to do is go out and kill everyone
    who is not like you then you will be safe."


    Naturally since no one is exactly the same soon a great war broke
    out.     Everyone was killing everyone else who was not exactly
    like them.

    Right about that time the Creator looked down to see how his people
    where doing. The Creator and saw the great battle and was angry at
    what he saw.
    He yelled "WHAT ARE THEY DOING?"
            What ARE they doing? Don't they know they were made
    for life and for laughter and for love?
    WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
    SEND ME MY MOST BELOVED"

    now everyone knows the Creators Most Beloved is the White
    Buffalo and so the White Buffalo went and stood before the
    Creator.


    The Creator said:
    "I want you to go down there and tell them that THIS CAN NOT BE."
    Tell them that they were made for life and laughter and for love.

    THIS CAN NOT BE.
    IT MUST NOT BE.
    IT SHALL NOT BE.


    And so the Creators most beloved the White Buffalo went down.

    The people were busy killing each other when all of a sudden a
    great hush fell over them they became very quiet for there
    before them was the Creators Most Beloved.

    The White Buffalo told them what the Creator had said:
    THIS CAN NOT BE, IT MUST NOT BE, IT SHALL NOT BE.
    You were made for life, and for laughter and for love.

    The people laid down their weapons and quietly stepped back
    from them for this was the Creators Most Beloved.

    The evil one was still there.
    now is your chance , they have laid down their weapons and you
    can get them now."
    Soon the battle broke out again. fighting and killing everywhere.
    Then a great hush fell over them and they dropped their
    weapons and they looked.

     .  .  . and they stepped back    cautiously     for there
    on the ground lay the White Buffalo     dead.


    THEY HAD KILLED THE CREATORS MOST BELOVED!
    Its blood ran out on to the ground but something strange was
    happening. As the blood spread out it turned to stone!
    Red Stone!

    The people each took a peace of the red stone to remember the
    White Buffalo and that they were made for LIFE , for LAUGHTER
    and for LOVE.
    And that is how the people got the red stone for their pipe.

    This one of several versions of the story.
    By JoAnn



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