166 THE MENOMINI INDIANS [eth.ann.14 



("the green tint seen at early dawn"). They were sisters, but Ma'tshi- 

 wiqkwa'wis and Pa'shapanoq'kin were women of evil disposition, while 

 Ki'skpanuq'kiu and Kashki'qkapan were well disposed and friendly 

 to everybody. Osa'wapano'qkhr" was the wife of Pii'skine'ir. 



Ma'niibfish reached a wigwam occiqned by a woman, who was the 

 sister of Pa'skine'ir, and, as he was very hungry, he asked her to give 

 him something to eat. She prepared him food, and, being welcomed 

 by the woman, Ma'nabiish decided to remain there for some time. 



I'a'skine'u T also returned to his sister's wigwam, and one morning he 

 flew away to get some food. He went far to the north and found a 

 large bare place where some people were running and playing ball. 

 Pii'skine'ir knew that he was a good runner; so he went to the edge of 

 a lake, put down a martin which he had caught, and said to the ball 

 players: "My brothers, you see the sun is shining upon the forehead 

 of this martin — upon this spot, exactly between the eyes. By the time 

 I run around this lake the sun will not have had time to travel from 

 that spot to the corner of the eye." 



"Hau," said all the players, because they were anxious to see an _ 

 apparently impossible feat accomplished. 



Pii'skine'ir started to run, and by the time he had made the circuit of 

 the lake and returned to the martin the sun had scarcely moved from 

 the spot indicated upon the martin's forehead. Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis 

 approached to see who the runner really was, and as she came close to 

 him she suspected some trickery, so she raised the leggins of Pa'skine'ir 

 and exposed his shin bone. 



"O, it is Pii'skine'ir," cried she; "I know who you are now!" 



"The ball players wanted him to join them, but he said, "No, I will 

 come again to play with you," and with that he grasped up his martiu 

 and flew away to his sister's wigwam. 



Now, the sister of Pa'skine'ir was the one who governed all the birds, 

 and she knew the treacherous character of the people of the camp ruled 

 by Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis; so she said, "My brother, do not go to that 

 camp any more; the people of Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis eat people who are 

 not of their kind, and they will surely devour you." Pii'skine'ir, how- 

 ever, made no reply, but next morning started to fly back to the place 

 where the ball game was to be played, but this time he did not take the 

 martin with him. When he arrived at the camp of Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis it 

 was nearly night, and no ball players were in sight. Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis 

 came forward, and, grasping Pa'skine'ir, held him fast, saying, "Remain 

 with us tonight, brother, and in the morning I will give you a feast." 

 Then Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis went out and caught the Kine'ir (golden 

 eagle), the Buzzard, and the Pinash'iu (bald eagle). These with Pa's- 

 kine'ir she took to her wigwam, where they found four old men lying 

 upon a mat made of rushes. 



Early next morning Ma'tshiwiqkwa'wis started out to seek food for 

 her guests, as she said, but the four men, the birds, suspecting some- 



