196 A METOWAC LEGEND. 



He had conceived a great affection for them, for they did 

 not rebel against him as the Manittos did. So he began to make 

 an immense number of creatures, to please them. He went on 

 making, and making. The woods, and the air, and the water 

 became filled. And then the men learned to hunt and fish, 

 and for awhile did very well. But this state of things did 

 not last. He saw he might create forever, and they would 

 in the end, still tire of every thing. 



Chemanitou began to tire himself — for this new creature 

 seemed never able to rest. So he laid his hand over them 

 while he thought what next to do. 



He conceived if he could make some beings a little like the 

 men themselves, to be with them at all times, they might be 

 content. Here again he found a new difficulty. In making 

 the men he had found little trouble, as he only wished to please 

 himself, and had his own form for a model. But in this new 

 being it was different. It was not to be made to please himself. 



He thought a long time. 



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At length he raised his hand and the men looked about, and 

 saw a number of very comely beings akin to themselves. They 

 approached them, and although shy, they were pleased to find 

 they did not, like the antelope, dart away for the woods, but 

 might be secured without any very great trouble. 



It soon appeared, however, that they were all deaf, for they 

 were made very early in the morning, when there is no sound. 



