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MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 16. 
Cree and Saulteaux may here be taken account of. As far as 
regards the incident of the “bird informant” Cree, Saulteaux, 
Ojibwa and Fox stand together. In the “stump disguise” 
and the wounding of the manitous, all are in accord except 
the Fox, which here has the unique incident of the floating 
spider-web. The Menominee has also a special incident in the 
introduction of the ball game. In the impersonation of the Frog 
shaman by the culture-hero, and his subsequent completion of 
the revenge by killing the manitous, all are in accord except the 
Ottawa, which lacks this incident. All in all, the Cree, Saulteaux, 
Ojibwa, and Menominee are in closest agreement in this part of 
the cycle. 
“In the essential elements of the deluge, the escape from it, 
the “earth -diver” and the reconstruction of the world, all the 
tribes are in substantial accord. The Menominee-Ojibwa alone 
have the incident of the stretching tree, and the Cree-Ojibwa 
alone tell of the measuring of the new earth by the wolf. Taken 
as a whole, all the members of the Western and Central groups 
form a fairly accordant body. The Fox, having several unique 
features, stands somewhat apart, as does the Pottawatomi, by 
reason of its strong Iroquoian element. 
“Turning now to the Eastern tribes, it appears at a glance 
that there is little in common with the tribes just discussed. 
There is here the incident of the abnormal birth, but this is also 
found among the Iroquois and widely elsewhere. Among 
the Abnaki there is the association of the culture-hero’s brother 
with the wolf, but all the remainder of the cycle is missing. 
The only other points of contact with the cycle as described, 
lie in the opposition of the two brothers, and the slaying of one 
by the other as a result of the “deceitful confidence.” These 
incidents are, however, typically Iroquoian, and are found only 
in the Ottawa and Pottawatomi farther west. Practically, 
therefore, we may say that the cycle found in fairly accordant 
form through the west is here wholly lacking. 
“In a consideration of the other incidents relating to the 
culture-hero, we unfortunately have little information relating 
to the Pottawatomi or the tribes of the central group, and must 
thus confine the comparisons largely to the other western tribes 
