Animals and trees used to communicate
with one another at the beginning of time. At the time, only fireflies had a fire. Fox was cunning, and he intended to acquire fire for the globe. He needed
to discover a method to take some from the fireflies.
Fox once begged the geese to teach
him their call. They said that he must first learn to fly with them before they
will teach him. The geese bound the fox's wings. 'Do not open our eyes while
you fly,' they cautioned him.
Fox glided alongside the geese; his
eyes closed. They glided above the firefly community as the day faded tonight.
Fox blinked his eyes wide. His wings immediately ceased functioning. He
collapsed inside the walls of the fireflies' settlement. Two helpful fireflies
arrived to assist the fox. They showed him a cedar tree when he inquired how he
could climb over the wall. They told him that if he begged the tree, it would
bend down. This sparked an idea in Fox.
When the fox requested the fireflies
to dance that evening, they gathered wood and built a large fire. Fox attached
a piece of cedar bark to his tail in secret. Then he constructed a drum and
banged it while the fireflies danced about him.
After a while, the fox seemed to be
exhausted and gave the firefly his drum to beat. When they were not looking,
the fox whacked his tail in the fire, igniting the bark. Then he dashed to the
cedar tree and said, 'bend down for me!'
The cedar tree sagged, and the fox
got on top. When the tree re-emerged, it lifted him over the wall. Fox ran and
ran, and the fireflies followed him. The fox's tail set fire to the shrubs and
trees along the route everywhere he went.
When the fox located the hawk, he
gave the bird the burning bark. A hawk soared high over the ground, scattering
fire sparks everywhere. This is how the fire spread over the planet.
When the fireflies seized the fox,
they told him, 'Because you took our fire, your penalty is that you will never
be able to utilize it for yourself.'
To this day, no fox cooks with fire.
However, this was just the tip of the
iceberg for the Apache’s. They discovered how to utilize fire to prepare meals
and stay warm.
The Apache in Canada began to migrate south hundreds of years ago. They came to the Texas panhandle in the early 1500s. Other tribes referred to them as the "new people." However, they referred to themselves as "Dine" or just the people. During the long voyage
