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But here Kinnesasis, pretending to be shocked beyond measure, in a most diplomatic manner directed the attention of the parents to some other matter, and so the mischievous child did not succeed in making a church scandal by inducing one of the flock to dance before the missionary.
No!" the children again shouted. "Why, that is Kinnesasis's wife, with her new presents on! My! doesn't she look nice!" Here the little ones seized hold of the happy old Indian woman and made her get up and show herself off in her new apparel, of which she was just as proud as Kinnesasis. "And she gave us such a jolly dance in them, papa! Wouldn't you like to see her do it again?" cried Minnehaha.
He knows the story better than I do, for in his youth he traveled far West, into the land of the high mountains, where the legend is that the fire was stolen out of the center of the earth." "All right. Thank you, Souwanas. We are going to take Kinnesasis some presents, and while there we will ask him for the story."
Here an Indian lad rushed into the wigwam with the word that Kennedy was coming with their cariole. The children were well wrapped up, and soon with their usual happy, "Wat cheer! Wat cheer!" they were speeding homeward. Kinnesasis How the Coyote Obtained the Fire from the Interior of the Earth. A great time the children had in the wigwam of Kinnesasis.
Cordially were they greeted. At first it was difficult for them to recognize the staid little gentleman in his full suit of broadcloth as the lively but generally ill-clothed Kinnesasis. The visitors who quickly saw and were delighted with the transformation greeted him as though he were some distinguished stranger. This vastly amused the children.
Screaming with laughter at Kinnesasis's pretense of keeping up the farce, they shouted out, "Why, this is only our dear old Kinnesasis. He is no great stranger. It is only Kinnesasis with his new clothes." "Well," then was asked, "who is that charming old lady over there with such a fine shawl and brilliant handkerchief on, and such fancy new shoes on her feet? Surely she is a stranger." "No!
"Well done!" shouted the children when the old woman stopped. They were greatly delighted with her performance. Kinnesasis, however, who, as well as his wife, was now a church member, professed to be much shocked at seeing her thus dancing, as though in the wild excitement of the Ghost Dance. But both Sagastao and Minnehaha stood up for the old wife.
The Legend of the Twin Children of the Sun How They Rid the Earth of Some of the Great Monsters Their Great Battle with Nikoochis, the Giant. One pleasant summer day, when the children had the pleasure of a canoe outing with Mary and Kennedy, they decided to visit the wigwam of their old friends, Kinnesasis and his wife.
But here Minnehaha appealed to Souwanas, and said: "I have been wondering how it was the old man and his daughters got the fire in the first place from out of the underground. Will you not tell us that story some time?" The old man looked grave and was silent for a minute or two, then he replied: "I think you had better ask Kinnesasis.
"Tell us, Kinnesasis," said Sagastao, "how it was that that old man and his daughters first obtained the fire which Nanahboozhoo so cleverly stole from them and gave to the Indians long ago." At first Kinnesasis hesitated about telling the old legend, saying that he did not think the father and mother of the children would care for such stories. "Don't they, though!" cried the children.
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