Origin of Poison (Choctaw)
Long ago, a poison vine grew in a pool where Choctaw people bathed. Everything that touched the vine would die. The vine loved the Choctaw people and did not want to hurt them, but it could not warn them when its poison would infect the water. It decided to rid itself of the poison and called the chiefs of the snakes, bees, and wasps, who had all been trampled by humans. The chiefs agreed to share the vine's poison among themselves as a defense. The bees took a small amount and promised they would die after stinging, showing they were not human enemies. The wasps took their portion and promise