Unknown. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
PREFATORY NOTE
MOOWIS
THE GIRL WHO MARRIED THE PINE-TREE
A LEGEND OF MANABOZHO
PAUPPUKKEEWIS
THE DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER WORLD
THE BOY WHO SNARED THE SUN
THE MAID IN THE BOX
THE SPIRITS AND THE LOVERS
THE WONDERFUL ROD
THE FUNERAL FIRE
THE LEGEND OF O-NA-WUT-A-QUT-O
MANABOZHO IN THE FISH’S STOMACH
THE SUN AND THE MOON
THE SNAIL AND THE BEAVER
THE STRANGE GUESTS
MANABOZHO AND HIS TOE
THE GIRL WHO BECAME A BIRD
THE UNDYING HEAD
THE OLD CHIPPEWAY
MUKUMIK! MUKUMIK! MUKUMIK!
THE SWING BY THE LAKE
THE FIRE PLUME
THE JOURNEY TO THE ISLAND OF SOULS
MACHINITOU, THE EVIL SPIRIT
THE WOMAN OF STONE
THE MAIDEN WHO LOVED A FISH
THE LONE LIGHTNING
AGGO-DAH-GAUDA
PIQUA
THE EVIL MAKER
MANABOZHO THE WOLF
THE MAN-FISH
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In a large village there lived a noted belle, or Ma-mon-dá-go-Kwa, who was the admiration of all the young hunters and warriors. She was particularly admired by a young man who, from his good figure and the care he took in his dress, was called the Beau-Man, or Ma-mon-dá-gin-in-e. This young man had a friend and companion whom he made his confidant.
“Come,” said he one day, in a sportive mood, “let us go a-courting to her who is so handsome, perhaps she may fancy one of us.”
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“You need not go out,” said they. “We will bring your food into the lodge, and you shall be our chief.”
