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He abrogated treaties and signed new ones and now he demands settlement 

 by each treaty and is keeping at it till he will get it (?) — get paid twice 

 or more times for the same thing. Many Chippewas believe that Manabush 

 is the Great Spirit ("Chee Manido").) 



"After Manabush had created all things, he set a])out going over the 

 earth. He was unfortunate. He lost his bow and broke his arrows. Con- 

 sequently, he could not kill any game. He therefore got very hungry. One 

 day as he was traveling, he met Mr. Lion and, as he had a good bow and 

 some arrows, he had him lend them to him. He went hunting. He had 

 traveled about only a short time when he came near a caribou that was 

 browsing in a near-by bushy area. So he slipped up to it and took deadly 

 aim and let fly not one arrow but threie. The poor beast fell dead after 

 making just one leap. So Manabush took the caribou and skinned it. He 

 then cut it in pieces and suspended same from the boughs of a fir tree. 

 He then built a big fire beneath the tree and by it cooked the meat. He 

 then took the meat down and sat down to eat. He was hungry. He had 

 eaten only a few bites when he heard the groaning of one tree rubbing 

 against another near-by. This groaning disturbed him. He had rendered 

 out a tray of tallow from the caribou. This he took and determined to stop 

 the groaning by greasing the parts that rubbed over each other. He went 

 to the trees that were in trouble. A high wind was blowing and the 

 groaning was intense and ear-grating. He sat the tray of tallow down and 

 quickly climbed up one of the trees. Reaching the place where they rubbed 

 together, he put his hand between them to pry them apart' so he could put 

 the tallow on the rubbing surfaces. At this moment the wind stopped 

 blowing and he found his hand fast. He could not release it. So he had to 

 remain there in the tree branches. 



"As he was held fast by the trees holding his hand between them in a 

 crushing grip, wolves were seen approaching in great numbers. He told 

 them to go away, but, instead, they came on, having smelled the fresh 

 meat. They came to whei-e the cooking had been done and ate every bit 

 of the meat, leaving nothing but the bones. They then began to smell 

 about and finally discovered the tray of tallow and started to go to it. 

 Manabush hallooed to them to go away; but, not minding him at all, they 

 came on and licked up all the tallow. Then they galloped off into the 

 woods and were soon out of hearing. 



"Soon after the wolves had left, the wind began to blow again, thus 

 releasing Manabush's hand. He then climl)ed down to find that not a bit 

 of the caribou he had killed was left but the bones and a little meat, 

 around the eyes and in the inside of the skull that neither the wolves nor 

 himself in his human form could get. He was hungry. For a considerable 

 time he tried to get some meat from these bones. Then he changed himself 

 into a snake and crawled into the skull. In this form he could get plenty 

 to eat for one meal. ' He ate there till he was satisfied then started to get 

 out of the skull by backing out of it. He had gotten nearly out when he 

 suddenly was changed back into the human form ; but — his head was still 

 in the skull and he could not get it out. Furthermore, his head was so 



