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or Pepoon ; Spring, Me-is-ka-mick or Se-gum- 

 uck ; Summer, Nic-pin ; Autumn, Tuck-wa-gin. 



The names, which they give to the moons that 

 compose the year, are descriptive of the several 

 seasons, and in Cree, are the following: 



May, I-ich e Pes-im, Frog Moon. 



June, O-pin-a-wa we Pes-im, the Moon in 

 which birds begin to lay their eggs. 



July, O-pus-ko we Pes-im, The Moon when 

 birds cast their feathers. 



August, O-pa-ko we Pes-im, The Mooon when 

 the young birds begin to fly. 



September, Wa-was-kis o Pes-im, The moon 

 when the moose cast their horns; or A-pin-nas-ko o 

 Pes-im, The Moon when the leaves fall off from 

 the trees. 



October, O-no-chi-hit-to-wa o Pes-im, The. 

 rutting Moon; or O-ke-wa-ow o Pes-im, The Moon 

 when the fowls go to the south. 



November, Ay-e-coop-ay o Pes-im, Hoar frost 

 Moon. Kus-kut-te-no o Pes-im, Ice Moon. 



December, Pa-watch-e-can-a-nas o Pes-im. 

 Whirlwind Moon. 



January, Kush-a-pa-was-ti-ca-num o Pes-im, Ex- 

 treme cold Moon. 



February, Kee-chay o Pes-im, The Moon when 

 small birds begin to chirp or sing; or Kich^ee q 

 Pes-im, Big, or old Moon: 

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