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Updated: May 7, 2025
Twenty young men made their appearance. They set forward, and after about a day's journey they descried the lodge of the Manitoes. Grasshopper placed his friend, the pipe-bearer, and the warriors, near enough to see all that passed, while he went alone to the lodge. As he entered, Grasshopper saw five horrid-looking Manitoes in the act of eating. It was the father and his four sons.
In this manner he very much amused his companion, though at times his performance somewhat alarmed him. One day they came to a large village, where they were well received. The people told them that there were a number of manitoes who lived some distance away and who killed all who came to their lodge.
On applying to the old man and woman of the lodge, she was kindly received. She made known her errand. The old man promised to aid her, and told her the head was hung up before the council-fire, and that the chiefs of the village, with their young men, kept watch over it continually. The former are considered as manitoes.
Taunts, questions, and whoops were heard no more among the captors, who drew aside from their wretched prisoner, as if from the darkest of their Manitoes, all looking on with unconcealed wonder and awe.
There I can see you at the earliest hour; there are the streams of water clear; the air is pure, and the golden lights will shine ever around my head, and I shall ever be called 'Puck-Ininee, or the Little Wild Man of the Mountains. But," he resumed, "before we part forever, I must go and try to find what manitoes rule the earth, and see which of them will be friendly to us."
A hideous smile passed over their faces. "You go," said the others to their eldest brother. Pauppukkeewis and his antagonist were soon clinched in each other's arms. He knew the manitoes' object, they wanted his flesh, but he was prepared for them. "Haw, haw!" they cried, and the dust and dry leaves flew about the wrestlers as if driven by a strong wind.
Pipe-bearer, who stood near enough to overhear the conversation, grinned from ear to ear when he caught this remark. The Manitoes answered: "Oh yes, we will be easy with you." And as they said this they looked at each other, and rolled their eyes about in a dreadful manner. A hideous smile came over their faces as they whispered among themselves: "It's a pity he's so thin.
Accordingly he went to that part of the sky, and, at long intervals, shot arrow after arrow until he had expended eleven in a vain attempt to kill the manitoes. At the flight of each arrow there was a long and solitary streak of lightning in the sky then all was clear again, and not a cloud or spot could be seen.
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