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Long ago in the far northwest new people were making their way in an new land. Two young women were coming of age in a male dominated world that tried to control what they were allowed to do.
They had a mother who empathetically understood her daughters and a supportive father that taught them the skills of hunting and protecting themselves in the wilds that surrounded them.
White Swan and her sister Quiet Pheasant though two years apart could have passed for twins and they shared the same desire to be able to fend for themselves.
Their transition into the mating age, brought their situation to a head. They attacked the situation and decided they would choose who would be their mates.
The insistence of the Clan elders catalyzed the situation.
They approached their two potential mates and challenged them to a hunt. Their goal was to see if their choices were the right ones.
On the hunt both White Swan and Quiet Pheasant hunt on the bet that their two potential mates must clean and process the buffalos that the two of them will hunt
They demonstrate a secret way to down the buffalo that has their two potential mates amazed. More amazing is when in an exchange White Swan proposes their union to Gray Fox Running.
His stunned silence make White Swan wonder if she has pushed too far too fast.
His suggestion his suggestion that he wants to make sure that she looks as sweet with the smell of buffalo washed off is to her a yes! She pushes her sister to make the same proposal to Red Oak.
Their two new mates accept with the condition they get taught the new hunting technique that was so grandly displayed.
Once home, her parents rejoice at their aggressive but successful daughters.
White Swan and Quiet Pheasant change sub-Clans and leave with their new mates.
