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Updated: May 11, 2025
"Was he thinking of the white swan and his little ones in the prairie; or did he dream of giving his enemies a good licking the next time he meets them?" "Redfeather has no enemies," replied the Indian. "And pray, good Redfeather, what did your thoughts tell you?" "They told me that men are very weak, and very foolish, and wicked; and that Manito is very good and patient to let them live."
At last they came to a piece of rising ground, from which they plainly distinguished, sleeping on a distant mountain, a mammoth bear. The distance between them was very great, but the size of the animal caused him to be plainly seen. 'There, said the leader, 'it is he to whom I am leading you; here our troubles will commence, for he is a mishemokwa and a manito. You must not be fearful: be manly.
We ask your protection, for the great bear would kill us." "Sit down and eat, my grandchildren," said the old man. "Who is a great manito? There is none but me; but let me look;" and he opened the door of the lodge, and saw at a little distance the enraged bear coming on with slow but great leaps. The old man closed the door. "Yes," said he; "he is indeed a great manito.
'I dreamed, he cried, 'that, being in great trouble, an old man helped me who was a manito; we shall soon see his lodge. Taking courage, they still went on. After going a short distance they saw the lodge of the old manito. They entered immediately and claimed his protection, telling him a manito was after them.
And the stern but proud chieftain bowed his head in despair for a moment: then stretching his hands towards the sky, which dimly shone through the dark rolling clouds, he cried: "Father, Manito! why hast thou left thy child to wander from his people, and cast a spell over his feet so that he cannot return? Has he done an evil in thy sight, that he is thus punished?
The Christ shown them by these missionaries, is to them but a new and more powerful Manito; the signs of the new religion, but the fetiches that have aided the conquerors. Here I will copy some remarks made by a discerning observer, on the methods used by the missionaries, and their natural results.
It passed so near to the Indian, that a bullet sent from a steady aim must have brought inevitable death, and the thought crossed the mind of the lurking spy, whether it were not better to fire from his ambush, but the recollection of his adventure on the island, and of his offering to the Manito of the Falls, occurred to him, and he allowed the tempting opportunity to escape.
Having thus spoken, and conciliated by every means that occurred to his untutored mind, the good-will of the tutelary Spirit of the Falls, recounting the generosity of the Indians, and the ingratitude of the whites, remonstrating with the Manito for his supposed anger, and pointing out its folly, trying to stimulate his indignation on account of the neglect of himself, and, to tempt his love of presents by promises, Ohquamehud threw a quantity of tobacco in the leaf, which the Indians were accustomed to raise themselves around their cabins, into the flames.
There he was given twelve magic arrows and told to shoot the manitoes of the North. "'They are the evil spirits of the air, said his guide. 'You must go to war against them. I have given you magic arrows that will kill them if your aim is true. "The boy placed an arrow with great care, but failed to kill a manito.
This made him wish to return to his village, and bring his people to live near this lake. He sailed on, and towards evening came to an island, where he stopped and ate the fish. Next day he returned to the mainland, and, while wandering along the shore, he encountered a more powerful manito than himself, named Manabozho.
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