pug-a-mah-kon

Updated: May 13, 2025

Is there any story about them?" "Yes. Wakonda, one of the strange spirits, sent them," said Mary, "because a woman was lazy and would not keep the clothes of her husband and children clean and nice." "Tell us all about it," they both cried out. Mary quieted them, and began the story. "Long ago, when the people all dressed in deerskins, there was a man whose name was Pug-a-mah-kon.

Egerton Ryerson Young - Algonquin Indian Tales