Grandfather's Journal. C.W. Hanes

had for Adam and his entire family. It was quite a treat for me to see the dances around the fire: Dances that would bring in good spirits and cast out any evil spirits that where lurking around. Hearing them sing their unity with one another and with the One Great Spirit that created everything, known and unknown, beneath the earth and in the heaven above, the things that could be explained and the things that couldn’t be explained. That night was the most fantastic evening I had ever experienced in my life; the visions and voice of the sweat lodge were of days gone by of our ancient ancestors and vision of dangerous days ahead.

      Sitting around the fire, smoking the peace pipe, going into trances and perhaps shapeshifting and traveling to distant lands and alternate times; almost like a parallel world or maybe just maybe it was a fourth dimension or (spirit world). If you have read your Bible, you will see different times that GOD allowed his people to see into the spirit world along with the carnal world. Letting his people know that they were protected by chariots and horses made of fire driven by Angels holding up bows and arrows made of fire. I learned so much with Cherrie and her family; I only hoped that I could remember it all.

      The best thing that happened out of the whole day though was meeting (White Dove) (da-lo-ni-ge tsi-s-qua) Catharine. I never thought I would meet someone that I would give my last breath for. If she were dying, I would die that she may live. If that had been all I had received today, it would have been a blessing enough.