eh-ko-lie

Updated: May 11, 2025

"They call me Ta-la-pus, the prairie-wolf, And wild and free am I. I cannot swim like Eh-ko-lie, the whale, Nor like the eagle, Chack-chack, can I fly. "I cannot talk as does the great Ty-ee, Nor like the o-tel-agh* shine in the sky. I am but Ta-la-pus, the prairie-wolf, And wild and free am I." With every word, every step, he became more like the wolf he was describing.

E. Pauline Johnson - The Shagganappi