"I am White Feather, a Hopi of the ancient Bear Clan. In my long life I have
traveled through this land, seeking out my brothers, and learning from
them many things full of wisdom. I have followed the sacred paths of my
people, who inhabit the forests and many lakes in the east, the land of ice
and long nights in the north, and the places of holy altars of stone built
many years ago by my brothers' fathers in the south. From all these I have
heard the stories of the past, and the prophecies of the future. Today,
many of the prophecies have turned to stories, and few are left -- the past
grows longer, and the future grows shorter.
"And now White Feather is dying. His sons have all joined his ancestors,
and soon he too shall be with them. But there is no one left, no one to
recite and pass on the ancient wisdom. My people have tired of the old
ways -- the great ceremonies that tell of our origins, of our emergence into
the Fourth World, are almost all abandoned, forgotten, yet even this has
been foretold. The time grows short.
"My people await Pahana, the lost White Brother, [from the stars] as do all our brothers in the land. He will not be like the white men we know
now, who are cruel and greedy. we were told of their coming long ago. But still we await Pahana.
"He will bring with him the symbols, and the missing piece of that sacred tablet now kept by the elders, given to him when he left, that shall
identify him as our True White Brother.
"The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will begin. This the elders everywhere know. The Signs over many years have been
fulfilled, and so few are left.
1.
"This is the First Sign: We are told of the coming of the
white-skinned men, like Pahana, but not living like Pahana men who
took the land that was not theirs. And men who struck their enemies
with thunder.
2.
"This is the Second Sign: Our lands will see the coming of spinning
wheels filled with voices.
3.
long horns, will overrun the land in large numbers. These White
Feather saw with his eyes -- the coming of the white men's cattle."
4.
5.
"This is the Fifth Sign: The land shall be criss-crossed by a giant
spider's web."
6.
"This is the Sixth sign: The land shall be criss-crossed with rivers of
stone that make pictures in the sun."
7.
8.
"This is the Eight Sign: You will see many youth, who wear their hair
long like my people, come and join the tribal nations, to learn their
ways and wisdom.
9.
breaking up in
Earth's
atmosphere over
the South Pacific
on March 23, 2001.
Mir was the world's
first consistently
inhabited
long-term
research station in
space.
"And this is the Ninth and Last Sign: You will hear of a dwelling-place in the
heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a
blue star. Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people will cease.
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