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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 about 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 three. 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 where 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 climbed 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 
