Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons

In late spring a small boy whose parents had died
went hunting game down by the river where the Jo-ge-oh, the Little People who care for the plants, live. He shared what he caught with those Little People. In return they took him in a magic canoe up into the cliffs, taught him many things and gave him strawberries. He was gone just four days, but when he returned years had passed and he was a tall man. He shared with his people what he was taught and gave them the sweetness of the red strawberries. So, each year, the Senecas sing songs of praise to the Little People, thanking them again for this moon’s gift.