Prelude from the book 'The River God'
According to ancient legend, the two Indian communities had peacefully
coexisted along the banks of the Singing River generation after generation.
The Biloxi Indians, however, were a warrior clan while the Pascagoula peoples were
more peace-loving. A mutual detente had held between both groups since
earliest memory. The nonaggression pact entailed the proviso that the
Biloxi would never attack the Pascagoula as long as no intermarriage
between the two people took place. But the pact became threatened by the
fledgling relationship between a young man of the Pascagoula families and a
young woman of the Biloxi clan. Star-crossed lovers, the boy and girl's
growing affection toward each other threatened to distub the peace and
stability that existed between the two communities. Fearful of an attack by
the Biloxi on their population, and not willing to take up arms against
their neighbors, the Pascagoula opted for a united course of action to
prevent a massacre. They decided to put themselves to death. And they did
so, according to the legend, walking single file into the dark waters of
the Singing River - and singing a mournful, tribal song in the process.
As a child I was fascinated and troubled by this account. But what I found
particularly compelling about this story was my mother's claim that the
song sung long ago by the Pascagoula could still be heard in the cadences
of the river's waters....
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