Wulfie
Dreamer
Little Wolf lived long ago before there was an awareness of white men, ships, cities, or even townships, though there were stories among the Elders and Traders about people across the Big Water. I believe she was an Eastern Woodland Indian because of the coast line, tree types, plants, animals, and because the plains with buffalo (tho she didn't call them that) are to the west and 'the place where there's no winter' is to the south. And the place of the Big Ice is to the north. Her mother's name was Flowering Meadow. Her father was White Fox's Uncle, tho she called him Uncle. Another reason I put the life on the east coast is because I remember enough of the language to have discovered it was a very old Siouan (lakota) dialect. So, she called her Mother 'Ina' which is Mama or mother. She called her father Uncle, which is Leksi. Her mother most often called her 'Hoksicala' which is Baby.
Her people called themselves the People of Peace. Her father didn't live with them as he was Head Scout of another clan and the clan mother, Talking Feather, had forbid an official joining. But he came often and was a good father and a good mate to Flowering Meadow, who was a medicine woman specializing in plants.
When Little Wolf was six a warrior nation from the north swept down and slaughtered her village. Little Wolf survived and was later found by her father and taken to live with him. He taught her many things and made certain that she continued her training in plant medicines as well as in dreaming. There were those born with a connection to the Ancestors and close ties with the Earth Mother through dreams; Little Wolf was one of these. Being a dreamer didn't set her apart from others, everyone had their ability, gift, or whatever and all of them were vital to the clan's existence. The dreams were important sources of information about where the animals were, weather changes, where the plants were, where a lost thing could be found...matters of survival, in other words. I don't think of this as being magical but more likely that Little Wolf was simply more observant, had an excellent memory, was intuitive and empathic, in tune with the land/animals/people's behaviors, etc., and was able to put all of these together in ways that were helpful. (yes, there are few things that DO seem psychic but I think we all have that ability, she just happened to use hers enough so that she could depend on it.)
Her father never took another mate. He said that there would never be another for him. And in their time together Flowering Meadow often came to both of them in dreams and odd events. They both felt that she was watching over them. Peaceful clans took single mates and were headed by the Clan Mother and were very democratic. Warrior clans were headed by a Chief, not so democratic, and people could have more than one mate.
Shortly before her 16th birthday she began having dreams about an attack on the village but the new Clan Mother, Tawny, refused to honor the dreams. She said the time of the Dreamers was over, the 'world was moving on' and there was no danger. No-one realized she was deep in a relationship with the men from the north and seeking to end the peaceful clans whose time, she believed, was over. Even so many people left the clan to move elsewhere. Not long after her birthday and the time of Clan Gatherings, the warriors from the North struck. They had long been coming further and further down the coast and attacking peaceful clans. They attacked Little's Wolf's and slaughtered the entire village. Her and her father nearly escaped but were captured and he was killed while trying to buy her enough time to escape. She refused to leave him. He was killed and she was subjected to terrible things and finally left for dead. It's interesting to me to note here that I have scars and marks on my body that are exact replicas of the scars that she had received during this capture.
...to be continued.....
Her people called themselves the People of Peace. Her father didn't live with them as he was Head Scout of another clan and the clan mother, Talking Feather, had forbid an official joining. But he came often and was a good father and a good mate to Flowering Meadow, who was a medicine woman specializing in plants.
When Little Wolf was six a warrior nation from the north swept down and slaughtered her village. Little Wolf survived and was later found by her father and taken to live with him. He taught her many things and made certain that she continued her training in plant medicines as well as in dreaming. There were those born with a connection to the Ancestors and close ties with the Earth Mother through dreams; Little Wolf was one of these. Being a dreamer didn't set her apart from others, everyone had their ability, gift, or whatever and all of them were vital to the clan's existence. The dreams were important sources of information about where the animals were, weather changes, where the plants were, where a lost thing could be found...matters of survival, in other words. I don't think of this as being magical but more likely that Little Wolf was simply more observant, had an excellent memory, was intuitive and empathic, in tune with the land/animals/people's behaviors, etc., and was able to put all of these together in ways that were helpful. (yes, there are few things that DO seem psychic but I think we all have that ability, she just happened to use hers enough so that she could depend on it.)
Her father never took another mate. He said that there would never be another for him. And in their time together Flowering Meadow often came to both of them in dreams and odd events. They both felt that she was watching over them. Peaceful clans took single mates and were headed by the Clan Mother and were very democratic. Warrior clans were headed by a Chief, not so democratic, and people could have more than one mate.
Shortly before her 16th birthday she began having dreams about an attack on the village but the new Clan Mother, Tawny, refused to honor the dreams. She said the time of the Dreamers was over, the 'world was moving on' and there was no danger. No-one realized she was deep in a relationship with the men from the north and seeking to end the peaceful clans whose time, she believed, was over. Even so many people left the clan to move elsewhere. Not long after her birthday and the time of Clan Gatherings, the warriors from the North struck. They had long been coming further and further down the coast and attacking peaceful clans. They attacked Little's Wolf's and slaughtered the entire village. Her and her father nearly escaped but were captured and he was killed while trying to buy her enough time to escape. She refused to leave him. He was killed and she was subjected to terrible things and finally left for dead. It's interesting to me to note here that I have scars and marks on my body that are exact replicas of the scars that she had received during this capture.
...to be continued.....
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