The Tomahawk., 1903-06-04

from the west, and Me-she-nah-
may-gway's body soon touched
the shore. While Way-nah-bozho
was meditating about the manner
in which he could secure his release
from his disagreeable and oily
prison, he heard peculiar noise
overhead and looking up he saw
through small hole which crows
had made large number of them
busily engaged in making it large
enough to enable them to get at
Me-she-nah-may-gway's intestines.
Knowing the perversity of these
birds Way-nah-bozho said to
them: ''Ne-cheem-ay-doog.' My
little brothers), leave my wah-cah-
ay-gun (round typee) alone, you
will destroy it, This they paid no
attention to which pleased him
very much, and they soon had a
hole large enough to enable him
to crawl out, which he lost no
time in doing. AS soon as he had
succeeded in getting out of his un-
comfortable quarters Way-nah-
bozho called the weasel which
came to him, and he said: Ne
cheem Qittle brother) as re-
ward for assisting me to destroy
Me-she- nah-gway you will hereaf-
ter be the color of the ground
during summer and the color Of
snow during winter, and thus YOU
will be better able to kill the game
you hunt, and to avoid your ene-
mics" Way-nah-bozho then com
menced to look for the place where
he had directed his grandmother
to await him, and obcrving thin
streak of smoke a short distance
from where he stood, he proceeded
to the spot, and there found his
grandmother to whom he related
his experience. She listened at
tentively to all he id,and when he
got through said: MY grandson
you have made great mistake
for Me-she-nah-may-gway's rela.
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tives arc the most powerful spirits
of the sea, and they will not over,
look his death without IN attempt
at vengcnce, and you surely will
have war with them, Way,nah'
bozho, in the pride his early youth,
said: ''Mah-no cow-in-in-good-ah-
no." $50 be it, it makes no differ.
ance) II will be glad to go on tho
war-path and have their braves
meet and test the courage OF q
strong heart.'
When Mishe-nah-may-gway's
relatives heard Of his death, and
who caused it, they Immediately
called grand council to which all
the spirits of the big salt water
lake were invited. At this conn.
Gil it was decided to 20 to w'!F
with Way-nah-bozho. After tlis
declaration of war Way-nah-bozhD
could not approach Il large body
of water without being compelled
to do battle with one or more
water spirits in which he invariab-
ly got the better of them. HR
was repeatedly cut into pieces but
his father, the North Wind, in-
vaiably brought him back to his
original being from drop
of his blood. 1t was furious
war that ragged between Way-nah-
bozho and the great water spirits,
and the shrill war-cry of his race
was often heard in those s,mucE
to the amazement of his kinsmetl
on Earth. the ,unish-in.ah-baiH
Spontaneous men) or ChippeWa
Indians, who had not yet seen him,
and only knew of him as an eccen-
trio and foolish Indian. After re.
peated failures to destroy Way
nal,-bOzho, the water spirits in.
volsed the aid of their relative the
rain spirit to drown the former,
for, they said, he could not be
killed in the ordinary way. The
rain spirit agreed to comply with
their request.
INDIAN VERSION OF TILE FtOoD.
Immediately it commenced to
rain in torrents, and for many
days it rained necessarily. The
country surrounding Way.nah-
bozho became flooded, and he was
compelled to keep moving con.
stantly from one high point of land