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" Yes, my father," responded the boy, " the fish are coming up; but 

 see what I got from the Owa'sse." The son then threw back his robe, 

 exposing the wound he had received. The Kine'fr became terribly 

 angry, and called the chief of the Owa'sse, A'kwiue'mi, his former 

 name having been Skeka'tskokwe'mau. Henceforth the chief of the 

 Kine'fr assumed the name of We"skine'u T . 



Then We"skine'u v sent word to A'kwine'mi that he would destroy 

 him and his people for the insult and injury inflicted on his son. The 

 two parties soon met in battle, when We"skine'u v jumped upon the 

 back of A'kwine'mi and bound him with cords, the victors assisting. 

 He was tied in such manner that should he struggle he would choke 

 himself; therefore A'kwine'mi remained motionless. After the defeat 

 of the people of We"skine'u v by those of A'kwine'mi, the boy's father 

 approached the captive chief again and said, " We wanted to eat fish, 

 but you filled my son with fire; now I shall fill you with fish"— where- 

 upon he called together the nomii'suk (fish) and filled the body of 

 A'kwine'mi with them. 



The people of A'kwiue'mi, knowing that they could no longer reside 

 in peace with the Kine'ir, left the place of their abode and traveled 

 westward, their victors pursuing them for a long distance and killing 

 many of the people. 



At the time that A'kwine'mi and his people reached the Ma'sikse'pe 

 (the Mississippi), there was warfare between many other nations who 

 dwelt in that country. The bones of the slain are even at this day 

 found when the Indians dig for roots and other substances from which 

 they make medicines. 



Some of the Owa'sse people who escaped from the Kine'ii v afterward 

 went toward the south, and are still living somewhere in that direction. 1 



Wc"skinc'u v and his people then took possession of all the country 

 around the course of the Ma'sikse'pe, and long lived in peace. 



One time the chief A'kwine'mi visited the camp of the Kiue'u v to 

 offer a pipe, that they might smoke and make peace. He camped on the 

 opposite side of the river, but called across to We'<skine'u v , saying, 

 "You defeated us, and now the country is yours. Let us return here 

 sometimes, and let us be friends henceforth." 



Then We' l skine'u T replied, " Let it be as you wish, my brother-in-law." 

 So peace was declared, and both camps remained near together. 



From these two camps — the Kine'u v and the Owa'sse — the Menomini 

 people are descended. 



miqka'no, the turtle 



There was a large camp in which Miqka'no, the Turtle, took up his 

 abode. He built a wigwam, but had no one to take care of his property 

 and to work for him, so he thought he would look around among the 



■Shu'nien says he has heard Osages say that there are supposed Menomini near the country occu- 

 pied by them in Indian territory. The people referred to are doubtless some closely allied trihe of 

 the same stock, possibly Ottawa. 



