Editing Choctaw mythology (section)

=== Origin of Poison ===
In a shallow pool of water where the Choctaw people would bathe, there was a poison vine. All that would touch the vine would die. The vine liked the Choctaw people and did not want them to die, but could not warn them when its poison would infect the water. It decided to rid itself of its poison and called the chiefs of the snakes, bees, and wasps because they had all been trampled on and accidentally killed by the men. The chiefs of these small creatures came to an agreement to take and share the vine's poison among themselves as a warning and deterrent against being trampled.

The bees were the first to take the poison, and said that they will take a small amount so as to protect their hives. They too liked the Choctaw people and did not want to kill them with the poison. To show that they were not man's enemy, the bees promised that, after they had been forced to use their stinger, they would die.

The next to take the poison were the wasps, who said they would buzz in the ear of man as a warning before they attacked to protect their nests.

Finally, the snakes took the rest of the poison. They promised that they would always warn man with their rattle before they strike, in order to give man a chance to flee.

From then on, it was only the foolish persons who did not heed the warnings of the small, who were hurt from the vine's poison.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/HowPoisonCameIntoTheWorld-Choctaw.html|title=How Poison came into the World – A Choctaw Legend|website=firstpeople.us|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>