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Lesson 1 18 



We are told in Longfellow's "Hiawatha" that long ago the Indians had an 

 enemy the Great Bear of the mountains of whom they were much afraid. 

 He was the terror of the nations, and was called Mishe-Mowka. A brave war- 

 rior named Mudjekeewis at last found and killed this terrible creature, and 

 the following lines from "Hiawatha" tell how he was rewarded. 



THE FOUR WINDS 



HONOR be to Mudjekeewis! 

 Henceforth he shall be the West- Wind, 

 And hereafter and forever 

 Shall he hold supreme dominion 

 Over all the winds of heaven. 

 Call him no more Mudjekeewis, 

 Call him Kabeyun, the West- Wind ! " 



Thus was Mudjekeewis chosen 

 Father of the Winds of Heaven. 

 For himself he kept the West- Wind, 

 Gave the others to his children ; 

 Unto Wabun gave the East- Wind, 

 Gave the South to Shawondasee, 

 And the North- Wind, wild and cruel, 

 To the fierce Kabibonokka. 

 Young and beautiful was Wabun; 

 He it was who brought the morning; 

 He it was whose silver arrows 



