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lit' thought. He struck his thigh and asked, ''Who has been here to 

 rob me of my feast; did I not command you to watch while I slept f" 

 His thigh responded, "I also fell asleep, as I was very tired ; but I see 

 some people moving rapidly away in their canoes; perhaps they were 

 the thieves. I see also they are very dirty and poorly dressed." Then 

 Ma'nabush ran out to the point of the sandbar, aud beheld the people 

 in their canoes, just disappearing around a point of land. Then he 

 called to them aud reviled them, calling them "Winnibe'go! Winni- 

 be'go!" And by this term the Menomini have ever since designated 

 their thievish neighbors. 



A similar story concerning the exploits of Ma'nabush was related to 

 me by the Ojibwa of both White Earth and Red Lake, Minnesota. In 

 this story the short tail of the "hell-diver" (Podiceps) is accounted for. 

 A similar myth, obtained from the Selish, of Idaho, nominates the 

 coyote as the one to carry on his back the music, or rather " songs," 

 with which he subsequently induces the birds to dance, succeeds in 

 pulling out the tail of the "hell-diver," and in giving the latter red eyes 

 in punishment for his curiosity. 



KAKU'ENE, THE JUMPER, AND THE ORIGIN OP TOBACCO 



The following myth was related by Nio'pet, and explains how the 

 Indians first obtained tobacco. 



One day Ma'nabush was passing by a high mountain, when he detected 

 a delightful odor which seemed to come from a crevice in the cliffs. 

 On going closer he found the mountain inhabited by a giant who was 

 known to be the keeper of the tobacco. Ma'nabush then went to the 

 month of a cavern, which he entered, aud following the passage which 

 led down into the very center of the mountain he found a large chamber 

 occupied by the giant, who asked him in a very stern manner what he 

 wanted. Ma'nabush replied that he had come for some tobacco, but the 

 giant replied that he would have to come again in one year from that 

 time, as the ma'nidos had just been there for their smoke, and that the 

 ceremony occurred but once a year. Ma'nabush, on looking around 

 the chamber, observed a great number of bags filled with tobacco. One 

 of these he snatched aud with it darted out of the mountain, closely 

 pursued by the giant. Ma'nabush ascended to the mountain tops and 

 leaped from peak to peak, but the giant followed so rapidly that when 

 Ma'nabush reached a certain prominent peak, the opposite side of which 

 was a high vertical cliff, he suddenly laid flat on the rocks while the 

 giant leaped over him and down into the chasm beyond. The giant 

 was much bruised, but he managed to climb up the face of the cliff 

 until he almost reached the summit, where he hung, as all his finger- 

 nails had been worn off. Then Ma'nabush grasped the giant by the 

 back, and, drawing him upward, threw him violently to the ground and 



