25 points and brianlisted! read the passage. excerpt from the way to rainy mountain by n. scott momaday the imaginative experience and the historical express equally the traditions of man’s reality. finally, then, the journey recalled is among other things the revelation of one way in which these traditions are conceived, developed, and interfused in the human mind. there are on the way to rainy mountain many landmarks, many journeys in the one. which statement explains the author's meaning in this excerpt? many different stories are part of the overall kiowa story. tracing one's heritage is an important part of life's journey. there are a lot of different routes to rainy mountain in oklahoma. people travel to rainy mountain from all over the world.