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6 When people increased and became very wicked, God sent a messenger (an angel) to a certain man, directing him to go to a large town, and warn the people to turn from their sins, or He would bring a flood of water and destroy them all. The man obeyed -- but his warning had no effect. The messenger was sent again with the message; but again the warning was unavailing. So also the third time, the messenger was then sent to direct the man to build a house that would float on the water, and go into it with his family, and take in some of all kinds of animals. This he did. God caused the animals to come to him, and then the doors of the house were shut and the rain commenced. The people tried to save themselves on hills but were at length all drowned. After some time the man opened a place and sent out a raven to look for dry land, but finding none he returned to the house. After some time again he sent out a turtle dove. This bird returned with mud in its claws, which showed that the earth began to appear. Raven (a blind man) The above person viz the Raven image above the word "Raven" (supposed to be considerably upwards of a hundred years old.) says that when a small boy, the old men used to predict the destruction of the world, after four generations, in the following manner. The Lord would cause a storm to rise out of the east, which would rain pitch till every thing was covered with it. This being followed by a storm of fire, would be set in a blaze, and consume the whole world. The Natchez Indians say that sometime after the creation, children began to marry very young, and have children of their own; and at length some children were born with full sets of teeth. God was displeased, and sent a dog to tell a certain man, that on account of the weakness of the people, in twelve nights He would cause the water to gush out of the ground and destroy them all. Therefore he must make a raft of twelve plank, and take his family and the dog onto it that they might be preserved. He did so, and at the set time the water gushed out of the ground and bore the family up above all the hills and trees. But nothing else, not a log, nor anything swam, but every thing lay just as it was, so that the people could bi no means save themselves from drowning. On the seventh day after the flood came, the waters dried away. This man then went out, taking with him, & his family, the dog & fire; and God told him then that the world should not be again destroyed by water, but by fire. Sometime after the flood, people came to this man for fire speaking different languages; and at length one came speaking his language, that is, the Natchy tongue. citation: yz wi yo ka