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These things I have seen, and they fit with the story of Monapini, so you see the little Rumour told me true. Things to Know How the Pine Tree Tells Its Own Story Suppose you are in the woods, and your woods in Canada, or the Northern States; you would see at once two kinds of trees: Pines and Hardwoods.
"Then my Shaman tells that it is by such likeness that the Great Spirit showeth the goose foot plant to be charged with the driving out of colds." "It may be so," said the white woman, "but this I know. It is very good and helpeth the whole body." The Indian picked a handful of the pot-herbs, then stared hard at the last; a very tall and strong one. "What hast thou now, Monapini?"
It was Monapini that told Ruth Pilgrim, and Ruth Pilgrim told the little Pilgrims, and the little Pilgrims told the little Dutchmen, and the little Dutchmen told it to all the little Rumours, and the grandchild of one of these little Rumours told it to me, so you see I have it straight and on good authority, this Sixth Secret of the Woods.
And there they are yet; many a time have I found the umbrella, and dug under it to find the cucumber. It is delicious eating; everything that Brownies like is. You can find it, and try it. It is one of the things that Monapini taught Ruth Pilgrim to eat. Of course, the Brownies do not like you to dig up their treasure or good-to-eats, but there are plenty more, far more than they ever need.
That fearful time when the forest fire set all the Brownies busy burying their food and dishes at the feast-hall, you remember it took six of them to carry and hide the Mecha-meck. For it is a large fat white root as big as a baby, and sometimes it has arms or legs, so that when Monapini told Ruth Pilgrim about it she called it "Man-of-the-earth."
There was a Squaw named Monapini, "the Root-digger," who was very clever at finding forest foods. She became friendly with a white woman named Ruth Pilgrim, and so Ruth's family got the benefit of it, and always had on the table many good things that came from the woods.
One day, long after the farms were cleared and doing well, the white woman said, "See, Mother Monapini, thou hast shown me many things, now I have somewhat to show thee. There hath grown up in our wheat field a small herb that must have come from England with the wheat, for hitherto I have not seen it elsewhere. We call it lamb's-quarter, for the lamb doth eat it by choice.
After a moment Monapini said, "It looketh to me like the foot of a wild goose." "Well found," chuckled Ruth, "for sometimes our people do call it by that very name." "That tells me different," said the Indian. "What mean you," said Ruth. "Is not a goose foot very strong, so it never catcheth cold in the icy water?" "Yes." "And this hath the shape of a goose foot?" "Yes."
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