The First Red Man

All was water.

All was water.

All was water and sky.

A raven flew over the water,

Over the all of the water

A raven flew down from the sky.

His eyes were the fire

And his glances the lightning.

Under his wings was the home of the thunder,

His clapping of wings was the wind and the thunder.

The raven flew down from the sky.

He shadowed the water with wings.

He shattered the water with thunder.

With lightning and thunder he shattered the water

And brought to the surface the land.

With flashes of lightning and clapping of thunder

He fashioned new life from the broil.

He fashioned all life from the broil.

With the heat from his eyes

And the breath from his wings

He fashioned red man from the earth he had made.

He fashioned red man from the broil.

The raven flew down from the sky.