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TFIK I'l.ool* .MVni OF THE CIIIPl'EWAS. 



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)f tiic ('liippi'wa Indians. Soon aftor his 

 il l).v a clan of scalions. After tlieir (h'ath 

 ill lie hecaine of a«e. He then (h-eiih'd to 

 his ]ta rents. Tlie sea monsters who had 

 and. This was tirst surrounded by water 

 a space of about a mile and a half there 

 itinj; i»itcli-liko ice across which a canoe 

 linly {.'('ttiiiK stuck in the pitch and con- 

 notwitlistandinj; this apparently unsur- 

 Aas determined. 



He told his i:randniotli(>r his plans. She listened attentively to their nar- 

 ration, then .sadly advised him not to undertake the hazardous task, though 

 she wished to see the annihilation of the destructive sea beasts. In con- 

 cluding she said. "It is no use for you to fight with the sealions of that 

 island. Your canoe will get stuck in the pitch. Then the beasts will come 

 out and devour you." Bitt he was the more determined. He made a large 

 canoe and covered it with tallow so it would float and go through the pitch. 

 After it was completed, he made a strong bow and prei)ared plenty of 

 arrows. He then launched his canoe and told his grandmother to go ahekd 

 of him with another canoe in a zigzag way up the channel a little distance 

 at the start. (This custom of having the women proceed a war party for a 

 little way when starting on a war expedition was long afterwards followed 

 by the Chippewas in starting on the war i)ath against the Sioux.) Then 

 when everything was ready, he starte<l out on his war enterprise. 



After considerable labor in paddling and pushing his canoe through and 

 over the pitch-like ice, he landed safely on the island in the night where 

 he stayed till the break of day. Then at dawn he gave the warwhoop and 

 ran for the house of the king, or chief sea monster. T^pon hearing the 

 warwhoop, the king jumped from his bed and got his bows and arrows : 

 and the two powerful beings started to fight according as they were gifted 

 by their superior givers. The battle was terrible. They fought continu- 

 ously for two days without killing each other. Then they nested on their 

 anus with the contest a draw. 



r.ut Manabush had advisers at band. On the evening following the second 

 day's battle, Batter, a binl of the idue jay family, accosted him and said: 

 "You can not kill King Sealioii li\ siiooting him in the body, as his heart 

 and vital parts are not there as in most beings." Then after a short pause, 

 ho continued : "I will tell you where they are if you will promise to give 

 me some of the meat from his dead carcass." 



With open mouth and wide eyes. Manal)ush listened to Batter's state- 

 ment and advice till he had closed, then replied : "My brother, if you will 

 tell me where King Sealions heart is I will give you the meat you ask and 

 make you king of the Blue Jays and all meat birds."' 



