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Wainahboozho
Visit to the Realms of the All'
Wise, Meets his Father.
The Progress.
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White Earth, Minn.
A Rogue's Dodge.
The latest London rogue's de
vice is to drive a hansom, and
from that elevated position to pick
out from the roofs of four wheel
ers such articles of luggage as seem
most promising. These he places
on the roof of his own cab, and
drives away with them, presuma
bly to some railway station. The
proceeding is of the neatest kind,
and every precaution is taken that
forethought can suggest, In order
that the spectacle of luggage on
an empty cab should not excite
suspicion, a temporary fare is pro
vided, called a "buck he has
nothing to do but look as if he
owned the property over his head,
though in reality he knows noth
ing about it, and is speculating in
his own mind as to whether it is a
ciri pf ._ a portmanteau.The
4.lHolidUi
Venezuela's Arm.
The machete, a broad sword or
knife, about two or three feet long4
and carried without a sheath, is
the universal arm of Venezuela
and Cential America. In the
southern states of this country the
principal use for the machete is
for cutting sugar cane, but in
South Americr it replaces the
pocket knife, the axe and the
sword. The llanero haciendero is
never seen without it. He cuts
bread with it, peels sugar cane,
cuts bananas and other fruit from
the trees, chops wood, cuts his
way through the primeval forests,
slaughters hens or pigs and de
fends himself against the attacks
of wild beasts and serpents. There
is no bettej arm against the ser
pent than the machete, for with a
single stroke the native will cut
them two.E, De Hess War-
Of An Old Saying.
"The divinity sfc-ident's broke
out again," said the young man
that boards on South Division
stieet. "We were sictmg at dinner
today, and Miss Staggs she up and
says one of her pupils will never
set the river on fire. The divinity
student looked up and said: 'I see
that you, like other good people,
are in error occasionally.' 'What
do you mean said Miss Staggs,
getting red in the face. 'I mean,*
said the divinity student, 'that
when you talk about setting the
river on fire you are usemg an old
saying that's got off the track, it
used to be, "He'll never set the
Thames on fire," and people when
they said it had in mind the river
Thames on the contrary it means
a miller's sieve, called a temse,
which was used the old wind
and water mill days. This temse
had a wooden rim, which slid back
and forth in a wooden frame. If
the man that worked it was ener
getic his work he sometimes set
the temse on fire from friction.
Hence it was said of a dull, slow
person, that he would never set the
temse on fire, and the saying has
been corrupted to its present form.*
Buffalo Currier.
(Copyright.)
The Ojibwas,
THEIR CUSTOMS AND TRA-
DITIONS,
As Handed Down for Centuries,
From Father to Son.
etc., etc.
The Sag-en,
Also from the Grand Sachem and
Medicine Seer of the White Earth
Qjibwa*.
PART XI.
WAINAHBOOZHO.
Said Me-she-nah-may-qway's fa
ther, I told you Wainahboozho
was destined to conquer all of us
and he will surely kill you. Try
and swallow enough water so as to
drown him." Me-she-nah-may-
qway proceeded to do as he was
bid but it was of no avail, as
Wainahboozho could float about
in his canoe despite all the water
his enemy could swallow. When
the whale could swallow no more
water he cried out in agony, I
cannot help myself, he is killing
me." His father again spoke to
him and said: "Go it once to the
shore and endeavor to throw him
up, for should you remeain here,
he will surely kill you and then
came out and kill the rest of us."
Me-she-nah-may-qway needed no
second invitation to act on any
suggestions which presented itself
looking to a relief from the terri
bly nauseous morsel which he had
so imprudently swallowed, and he
forthwith started for the shore,
and in the direction of Wainah
boozho's home.
When Wainahboozho learned
this he said to the weasel, "we
will not injure him now until we
reach the shore near our home."
After the whale had reached the
shore he again proceeded to swal
low water for the purpose of
drowning Wainahboozho and then
throwing him up, but at this time
the weasel was busy biting and
lacerating their victim's heart
strings, who soon ceased all ef
forts and in a little while, after
a few convulsive flutters, lav still
and dead.
On the fourth day, after Wai
nahboozhos departure, Nokomis
arose early in the morning and
gazed eagerly at that portion of
the skies indicated to her by Wai
nahboozho previous to his depart
ure, and behold, it was bright,
red and rosy! And then she knew
that all was well with her grand
son. And as instructed she start
ed in the direction of the shore.
Here she was amazed to see a
monster fish apparently dead and
floating near the beach, on ap
proaching nearer she was surprised
and terrified to hear the sound of
voices issueing, as it were, from
within the big fish. However her
fears were dispelled when she
heard a well known voice calling
and instructing her to come and
cut Me-she-nah-may-qway open.
Nokomis did as she was bid and
soon Wainahboozho and his com
panion, the weasel, came forth,
apparently none the worse from
their late experience in Me-she-
nah-may-qway's bowels.
DANCE ASTD COUNCIL.
After his release, Wainahboo
zho, accompanied by Nokomis,
proceeded to their wigwani, And
while he lay down to rest and
sleep, Nokomis prepared a feast
of ducks and wild rice, when the
meal was ready Wainahboozho
was awakened, He eat very heart
ily, being very hungry, as he had
eat nothing for four days, He eat
and rested at intervals until he
had consumed the whole of the
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"A higher Civilization The Maintenance of Law and Order.
ducks and rice that Nokomis hac|
prepared. He then informed Nol
komis that he wished her to jota|
him in a grand dance. A pla^d
was accordingly arranged, a loifgj
lodge was built, this was partially
covered with boughs of balsam
and cedar and on the ground with
in, were spread mats, furs, etc.
Wainahboozho had made exten
sive preparations as he had extend."
ed a general invitation to all of
his relatives to be present at tjae
feast. But when the time had ar
rived to commence the exercis&C
Nokomis and himself were the
only beings present, however this
did not seem to dishearten them
the least, and'they danced and
feasted and had a very merry time
indeed. Then Wainahboozho
made a speech and in the heat of
his discourse he charged Nokomis
with deceiving him with regard to
his birth and parents, and finally
accused her of having caused the
death of his mother. At this pe
riod Wainahboozho was very
much excited and with flashing
eyes he turned to Nokomis and de
manded that she tell him, under
penalty of death, the cause of his
mothers death and all she knew
concerning his parents. Nokomis
though fearful of loosing her life,
endeavored to pacify Wainahboo
zho and dissuade him from his
purpose of learning more of his
past and parentage, her desire to
keep him uninformed being to
keep him out of trouble. But
Wainahboozho was determined to
know and no argument could turn
him from his purpose. Finallj
Nokomis, in a clear calm voice,
spoke to him thus: "My child, you
know not what you ask. You
should not let the pains and dis
appointments of the past cloud the
sunshine of the present. The All
wise Spirit is powerful and He
knows best what is for our good,
and 'tis not right that we should
seek to know what he desires to
keep from us wert we permitted
to foresee the hidden paths of life's
journey, our hearts would evei be
in pain and our eyes ever bathed in
tears! You should, therefore, be
satisfied that you have been spared
and are strong in body and mind,
and that some day you may be
permitted to see and live with your
mother." Still Wainahboozhc
was obdurate and insisted that
Nokomis should tell him what she
knew about his mother and father,
and the old woman, seeing that
further dissuasion was useless,
addressed him thus: "My child,
you, yourself, killed your dar,
beautiful mother she gave her
sweet life that yours might be
spared like the peaceful calm of
dawn drawing aside the curtains
of eve before the advent of a new
day like the lilly that bud^ and
blooms and feasts on the anlbro
sial of its fragrance, its life-lbut
a smileis meekly given to \the
sunshine of another. Thus it had
to be, the All-wise had spoken\ it
my dreams 'that a virgin shotild
be sacrificed that Wainahboozho
should live,' and that virgin was
my daughteryour mother. Yoii
also, was the cause of your broth
er Flint*s death, as there werp
two of youtwins. Your brother's
spirit returned to the fourth por
tion of the Earth as a spirit of
peace. As to your father, I fear
to tell you, as he is a powerful
spirit for good or evil and lives lin
the fourth folds of the skies."
The All-wise knew that lis
grandson, Wainahboozho, was
angry and He became very much
alarmed, and He proceeded to call
a council to discuss the latter's
probable visit to Sis realms, as
it Was supposed that Wainnah*
boozho's intended visit was for the
purpose of avenging hiB mother's
death. And it was also known
that he suspected his father of be
ing the eause indirectly, of his
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mother's death.
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ATTEMPTS TO KILL HIS FATHER.
Wainahboozho made extensive
preparations to go on the war
path, he painted himself as no In
dian ever was painted, and arm
ing himself with a bah-gah-mah
gun (war-club), he started for
the fourth fold of the skies. The
All-wise saw his grand-son coming
while He was yet in conncil, and
He became very much alarmed as
Wainahboozho was invincible to
the Spirits as well as the living,
so itwas hurriedly decided that He
must endeavor to appease His
graftd-son's anger by offering and
graiting to him the full control of
of the Earth, as sovereign, lord
and faster. So when Wainah
boozho, who was in the shape of
a bla^k cloud, came in sight his
uneletried to persuade him in or
der to|talk and reason with him
so that he would not harm his fa
ther, hut his appeals were of no
avail. \ln blind frenzy Wainah
boozholrushed at his father, who
calmly ^tood, erect and firm, with
arms folded across his massive
chest and his snowy locks trailing
the ground, and when Wainah
boozho cune near, he raised one
of his hands and motioned for him
to stop, then in a deep full voice
he spoke thus: "My well-beloved
son, why do you seek to kill me
I did not kill your mother, I loved
her to well to do that, but your
dear mother died that you might
live you, whom I have guarded
so fondly from infancy, and now
you seek and would kill me."
Again Wainahboozho was obdu
rate and raising his war-club on
high would have struck his father
down, but suddenly there appear
ed before him a beautiful vision,
as of a young man, with eyes that
seemed overflowing with mercy
and kindness and who seemed to
look through and through Wai
nahboozho. Then the vision spake,
and said, "listen my brother, let
not your hand be raised against
anotherseek not to take away
or destroy that which you can not
give. Be reconciled, the Earth is
given you to control, now peace
be with you." And Wainahboo
zho knew that this was the Spirit
of peacehis brother. So he al
lowed his father to go unmolest-
d, while he went about consult
ing the many spirit as to the best
course he should pursue in assum
charge and control of the Earth.
After he had learned what he de
sired to know he returned to No
komis and with the avowed pur
pose of making a tour of the
Earth. WAINAHBOOZHO and his
journey to the land of Nee-bah
gee-zis (sleeping-sun) and his en
counter with the great spirit gam
bler (destiny) will be continued in
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