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The Legend of Bluebonnet

Grade 2 - Beye School - Oak Park, Illinois


The Comanche people were an Indian tribe in the West.  The Comanche Tribe once lived in Texas. The Comanche people suffered from a drought and famine. The famine and the drought were the hardest on the very young and the very old.

She was one of the few kids that had so far survived the famine. The very young and the very old suffered the most from the drought and the famine.

The shaman spoke to the Great Spirits about how to end the famine and drought. 

The shaman told the people that they had to make a sacrifice of their most valued possession in the village. The shaman told the people that the ashes must be scattered to the Home of The Winds: the north, south, east and west.

Everyone was asleep in their teepees except for She-Who-Is-Alone.

The warrior doll was the only thing left from her family who died in the famine. Each member of the family made a part of the doll which was so special to her. The juice of berries was used as paint for the doll. The feathers on her doll came from the bird who cried "Jay-Jay-Jay!"  She-Who-Is Alone thought of her mother who made the doll.

She-Who-Is-Alone clutched her doll closely to her heart. She-Who-Is-Alone knew she had to give her doll to the spirits.

She-Who-Is-Alone walked quietly through the night. She found a fire stick under the ashes of the teepee fire. She-Who-Is-Alone made a sacrifice for her people. She went out alone at night and gave up her doll to the spirits. She-Who-Is-Alone scattered the ashes from her doll to the home of the winds, north, south, east, and west.

The people rejoiced when a warm rain came.  Zowie! All the people were excited when they saw the bluebonnets. The bluebonnets appearing on the hill was a sign of forgiveness from the spirits.

The people changed her name to She-Who-Dearly-Loved-Her-People.

 

 

 

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Oak Park Elementary School District #97

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