Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-10
HOW NANNA-6IJoU FOUND
THE FIVE GREAT LAKES

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how Mamma. BliOu made the Great
Lakes. When you are a little older
and go 70 school and use big books
like big brother does, you will
learn what and whore those big
lakes are. Just row you must be
content when tell you they are
five biz bodies OF water not very
FAR from your grandpa's home.
Years ago when Mama Bijou was a
little boy. a medicine man or witch
And what did I tell you last night
witch was9 Yes. you are right!
I'm glad you remembered II. Well.
this witch moved down close to
Mamma Bilous house, and one time
when they were together. this
witch told him he would give him
five stones. and with those he could
make himself into any other thing
ha wanted to be by dropping them
into a pool OF water. II Nanna-Bijou
would give him the fox-skin hanging
on his fathers door. SO Nanna-Bi-
Iou vent home and got the skin and
took Il 10 this witchs house and
carried his stones away Ia a moose
skin bag. Nov there was large
forest back OF Mamma BiIou's home
and he bad often seen the rabbits
playing games which he thought he
could play too. II he were just
rabbit. SO he went down TO the
pool OF water and dropped in one Of
bis stones and soon he was playing
and running just as fast as any OF
the rabbits. He soon tired OF this
and thought It would be fine fun TO
be a wolf. SO he went back TO the
pond and dropped In another stonee.
Al first he could nO run so fast
as the other wolves. but before long.
he could run on ahead and explore
some by.paths and get back in time
to meet the others. While he was
still wandering around as a wolf,
he met the god OF water How nice
li would be-. be thought TO be
stump and sit here and watch that
god"
Well. be dropped his third stone
m the water and here he was watch
ing this great god. Soon the god
came out OF the water and not being
accustomed 10 the stump. he stumb-
lod over H. and Il made him angry
Il also made Nanna-Bijou anagry. so
he jumped up and struck him In
the side. The god did not know
how TO punish the stump. so he
Just had Il rain terribly hard. It
ralned and ralned and rained seven
long days and poor Nanna.Bijou did
not know what 10 do.
What did his papa and mama dor
Wen. / don't know. but expect they
were worried about him, but II
rained so hard all the time. that
they might have thought no had
stopped az somebody's house AT
last he saw a tall tree and decided
ne would climb Il. Several times as
other animals would swim past him,
he would grab them and pull them
up IN the tree. so he saved the life
OF several OF his friends. At last II
stopped raining and Nanna.BiJou sent
n muskrat down but II floated back
dead Soon he sent down beaver,
and Il came back with some earth
so he thought Il safe 10 go down
now, He broke Off several twigs
and thraw 49, INTO tho water and
"a s -. Rese eEI.slis very
e se ~ Nt@ to sleep. but was
81 ~ ~ made himself into a
xiSnt With his fourth stone. and
went to sleep. But OH he felt such
a burning sensation and he began at
once to try TO find out tho trouble.
At last he discovered that his right
eye was an island and he called II
Mlchipicoten Next his nose had a
peculiar feeling and he found out Il
was a harbor. which no called the
same name, Michipicoten. Inc
hack OF his head he could not see,
so be called It the Hidden Sea. but
Il was later called Lake Superior.
Ills neck was a narrow stream OF
water, SO no called Il the Sault Ste
Mario canal HIS right arm became
Lake Michigan. and his left arm
Lake Huron His right leg was
Georgian Bay His right foot was
Lake Erie and the left ono Lake On.
,aro.
Al last the Sleeping Giant wakened
ip and dropped his last stone into
ne water and became Isle Royal
when he grew tired OF this ho be,
,ame a little boy again. Just the same
little Mama .BHou,
There now, how do you like that
kind % a story
Yes. know you are sleepy. so
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