““‘See!’’ said he, pointing to the seven grains clasped’ by his thumb and four fingers, “by such shall our children be guided; for behold, when the Sun-father is not nigh, and thy terraces are as the dark itself (being all hidden therein), then shall our children be guided by lights — like to these lights of all the six regions turning round the midmost one — as in and around the midmost place, where these our children shall abide, lie…”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 6 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan