Week 14 Story Revision: The Start

At the beginning of time there was one tribe of Native Americans that lived in the Mississippi Valley. They had no contact with other tribes but knew they were out there. The only way they were able to survive was because the animals in the forest would come and help them. Some would bring vegetables so that the tribe could eat while others would bring other dead animals so that the Native Americans could use them.

Whenever the tribe received an animal they would respect it by praying first and then use the entire animal. They wouldn't disrespect the animal by not using all the parts. They believed that since the other animals were bringing them the dead animals the least they could do was to respect the animals that brought them.

One day an animal brought a plant to the tribe and placed it near the fire pit. One of the Native Americans thought this was a sign and then threw the plant in the fire. After throwing it in the fire he inhaled the smoke from the flames and understood that this was how the plant was supposed to be used. The next time the animals brought the plant instead of throwing it in the flame he stripped it of all its seeds and planted them so that he could grow his own.

One of the leaders of the tribe then went to a neighboring tribe with the plant and showed them the wonders of it. He told them that he would give them the plant if they were to give him fur and food. The reason he did this was because the food that the animals were bringing to the tribe wasn't enough and he decided to find another way for them to eat. The tribe agreed to this transaction and told the man that he needed to come every week with the plant. The man agreed and this is how he started to connect with other tribes because word got out about this plant to other tribes. Eventually this tribe became the most powerful and wealthy tribe in all the valley. When they became the most powerful tribe they became a target of all the other tribes. The other tribes were jealous that tobacco had made this tribe so strong. They devised a plan to destroy all the tobacco so that no one would be able to profit from it. All the tribes attacked the one tribe at the same time and destroyed all the tobacco together. After one day of no tobacco all of the tribes felt withdrawal from not using the tobacco and decided they wanted it back. They had heard that there was a giant who still had some tobacco so devised a plan to get some.

The smallest adult member of the tribe was chosen to sneak into the giants home and try to steal tobacco from it. The man went inside of the cave the giant lived in and saw the entire cave filled with the plant. The man took as much as he could carry and decided to burn the rest so that the giant could not profit off its tobacco. When the giant came back and saw the fire burning in the cave he ran after the man he saw but slipped on a rock and fell off a cliff into the river. Ever since then the giant has never been seen and all the tribes received their share of tobacco so they could start growing their own.

Author's Note: I took a couple stories and put them together in order to make this story. In most of the stories animals would help the humans survive so I made the animals help in this story as well. Also in one of the stories tobacco was stolen from a giant and given to all the tribes by one man but in this story I decided to make one of the animals bring it and then the tribe would distribute it for profit.
I changed the ending of the story and added a little bit more to it. I decided to include the giant in this story as well to show that all the tribes worked together to solve their problem. In the end it all worked out because they all received their share of the plant.

Tobacco Plant, Source

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