The Great Flood
There was too many people in their land and there was not enough food. Fortunately the Salish tribe had old wise men who could see the future through their dreams. They kept seeing a great flood over and over again; however some people did not believe them. Those who did believe the old wise men immediately started to build a huge raft.
After many moons big rain drops started to fall. The people gathered all the food and livestock they could find and lived on the raft. Meanwhile those who laughed at the old wise men were let and drowned. After time the rain finally stopped. Likewise the water lowered. The people saw that all their homes as well as all their crops were destroyed and washed away by the flood. As soon as they saw this they immediately started to rebuild everything. After awhile their population grew again. As a result the people decided they needed to separate all the people into different tribes.
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