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The Crow (i. e., Menominee) Indians knew what a wonderful man 

 he was and whenever he went to visit them they gave him many pres- 

 ents. He would be invited to a feast as soon as he arrived. 



On one occasion when they had a feast in a lodge (in his honor) 

 one of the Menominee marked the ground in front of him and dared 

 Lincoln's grandfather to come over, sajnng that if he did he would 

 injure him. When the Winnebago crossed the mark he was pushed 

 in all directions and finally shoved into a pit, bruising himself a great 

 deal. When he came out, the old man said, "You have probably 

 never heard of me. To-morrow noon, soldiers will hit j'ou." Then 

 the Menominee asked, "If soldiers hit me, what will be the result?" 

 "You will die. " Then the Menominee said, "You have nothing to 

 do with my life," and made a jump at him. 



The Menominee who had been told that he was going to die said 

 the next morning to his nephew, "Nephew, let us go to the lake and 

 look around. I can't forget what the old man told me yesterday." 

 So they took their spears for fishing and went out. While they were 

 on the lake they saw a deer drinking at the edge of the water. The 

 man took a shot at the deer, and the deer ran back into the timber. 

 The man and his nephew pursued it. After a while the man gave a 

 yell and then all was quiet. The nephew went over to the place 

 and there the man was found dead. At his side a very large snake, 

 with hair on its back, was standing. 



The next morning one could hear the mourning songs all over 

 the woods. Then they went to look for the Winnebago, for they 

 believed that it was his fault. They told him not to worry about it 

 and gave him a horse to appease him. The day after they all had 

 left the camp, the Winnebago pointed to some hawks that were 

 circling around and told the Menominee to watch the foremost one. 

 Then he pointed his finger at that one and made a sound with his 

 mouth and tlie bird fell down dead. This Winnebago had the power 

 to do this to all birds. He always told the Winnebago not to eat 

 these birds because they were not good. 



The Uses of the Stench-Earth Medicine' 



There once was a man who had consumption and who knew that 

 he was going to die soon. His relatives were about to move him 

 to some other place and so he told them just to build him a separate 

 lodge and leave him alone — that he wanted to die there. He asked 

 them likewise not to come back to see him. They obeyed him and 

 left him to die alone. 



One day he decided to go out into the wilderness and die there. 

 He went to the top of a hill and lay down. He noticed many birds 



1 This is the Uteral translation. What plant is meant the writer was not able to determine. 



