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The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/page/2/) (5) Ciŋgibis.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") At the time of which my story speaks people were camping just as we are here.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") In the winter time they used birch bark wigwams.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") All animals could then talk together.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Two girls, who were very foolish, talked foolishly and were in no respect like the other girls of their tribe, made their bed out-of-doors, and slept right out under the stars.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") The very fact that they slept outside during the winter proves how foolish they were.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") One of these girls asked the other, “With what star would you like to sleep, the white one or the red one?”[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The other girl answered, “I’d like to sleep with the red star.”[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, that’s all right,” said the first one, “I would like to sleep with the white star.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He’s the younger; the red is the older.”[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the two girls fell asleep.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") When they awoke, they found themselves in another world, the star world.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") There were four of them there, the two girls and the two stars who had become men.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") The white star was very, very old and was grey-headed, while the younger was red-headed.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") He was the red star.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls stayed a long time in this star world, and the one who had chosen the white star was very sorry, for he was so old.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") There was an old woman up in this world who sat over a hole in the sky, and, whenever she moved, she showed them the hole and said, “That’s where you came from.”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") They looked down through and saw their people playing down below, and then the girls grew very sorry and very homesick.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") One evening, near sunset, the old woman moved a little way from the hole.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") \[33\][20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") The younger girl heard the noise of the mite′win down below.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") When it was almost daylight, the old woman sat over the hole again and the noise of mite′win stopped; it was her spirit that made the noise.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") She was the guardian of the mite′win.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") One morning the old woman told the girls, “If you want to go down from where you came from, we will let you down, but get to work and gather roots to make a string-made rope, twisted.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The two of you make coils of rope as high as your heads when you are sitting.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Two coils will be enough.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls worked for days until they had accomplished this.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") They made plenty of rope and tied it to a big basket.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") They then got into the basket and the people of the star world lowered them down.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") They descended right into an Eagle’s nest, but the people above thought the girls were on the ground and stopped lowering them.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") They were obliged to stay in the nest, because they could do nothing to help themselves.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Said one, “We’ll have to stay here until some one comes to get us.”[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") Bear passed by.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls cried out, “Bear, come and get us.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") You are going to get married sometime.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") Now is your chance!”[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") Bear thought, “They are not very good-looking women.”[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") He pretended to climb up and then said, “I can’t climb up any further.”[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") And he went away, for the girls didn’t suit him.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Next came Lynx.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls cried out again, “Lynx, come up and get us.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") You will go after women some day!”[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") Lynx answered, “I can’t, for I have no claws,” and he went away.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") Then an ugly-looking man, Wolverine, passed and the girls spoke to him.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hey, Wolverine, come and get us.”[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") Wolverine started to climb up, for he thought it a very fortunate thing to have these women and was very glad.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") When he reached them, they placed their hair ribbons in the nest.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Wolverine agreed to take one girl at a time, so he took the first one down and went back for the next.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Wolverine went away with his two wives and enjoyed himself greatly, as he was ugly and nobody else would have him.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") They went far into the woods, and then they sat down and began to talk.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh!” cried one of the girls, “I forgot my hair ribbons.”[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Wolverine said, “I will run back for it.”[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") And he started off to get the hair ribbons.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the girls hid and told the trees, whenever Wolverine should come back and whistle for them, to answer him by whistling.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") Wolverine soon returned and began to whistle for his wives, and the trees all around him whistled in answer.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") Wolverine, realizing that he had been tricked, gave up the search and departed very angry.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls continued through the woods until they came to a big marsh, late in the afternoon.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") There they saw a big birch bark house.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Everything around the house was very clean, the poles were scraped clean of their bark and were perfectly white, while there was neither smoke nor ashes to be seen anywhere.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") The girls looked at this and said, “The person who lives here must be very clean; we have never seen such a clean house.”[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") There was no dry or green wood lying around, but inside the house they saw a fire-place and plenty of hay.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") One girl said to the other, “We’d better cut a little wood.”[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") So they cut wood and made the fire in case the man came home late.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") By this time, the ice was beginning to break.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") Late in the evening they heard someone crying out, “Who spoiled my wigwam?[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") Who made smoke and ashes?”[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") The owner of the wigwam didn’t know who had done this, so he came in and looked at the two girls.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") He then cut all the wood.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") This man was Woodpecker (Meme “pileated woodpecker”).[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") Woodpecker made a fire of the hay, which was beaver hay.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") It gave no smoke to stain the wigwam and burned as well as wood.[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") He brought in two nice beavers which belonged to him, and gave one to the girls, saying, “You can have this.”[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") He then cooked the other one for himself.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") He showed the girls where to sleep and since the place where they were to sleep was not near him, they knew that he would not marry either of them.[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") Next morning, after breakfast, he said to them, “Go\![75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") Don’t stay here.[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") You go that way and you will find a big river.[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") There you’ll find lots of people and maybe you’ll get married.”[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") So the girls went on.[79](79/ "tree and pragmatics") They left Woodpecker and he is there yet.[80](80/ "tree and pragmatics") They came to the big river and beheld canoes and all kinds of people passing.[81](81/ "tree and pragmatics") First they saw White Duck (wa′bəci·p).[82](82/ "tree and pragmatics") He was a good looking man, and as he passed them in his canoe, the girls said to him, “Put us in your canoe, you are going to get married sometime.”[83](83/ "tree and pragmatics") White Duck answered, “My canoe is too small.[84](84/ "tree and pragmatics") Other people are coming; they will marry you.”[85](85/ "tree and pragmatics") And he passed on.[86](86/ "tree and pragmatics") Next came Fish Duck (azi′k), a good looking man.[87](87/ "tree and pragmatics") They cried out, “Put us in your canoe, you are going to get married anyway.”[88](88/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, my canoe is too small,” replied Fish Duck.[89](89/ "tree and pragmatics") A great many people passed, but all of them said that their canoes were too small, so the girls had to stay where they were.[90](90/ "tree and pragmatics") The people were passing to the mouth of the creek where the village of the chief was.[91](91/ "tree and pragmatics") At last came Black Duck (ni′nicip).[92](92/ "tree and pragmatics") He was also nice looking.[93](93/ "tree and pragmatics") “Come over and get us; you will get married sometime,” cried the girls.[94](94/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, My canoe is too small.[95](95/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis is coming soon and he will marry you.”[96](96/ "tree and pragmatics") He was going to be the last person to pass.[97](97/ "tree and pragmatics") At last Ciŋgibis came along.[98](98/ "tree and pragmatics") When they saw him, one of the girls said, “He is a very ugly man, but we will go in his canoe and, when we get to the village, we’ll get rid of him.”[99](99/ "tree and pragmatics") So they called out to him, “Come over and get us; you will get married anyway.”[100](100/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis was very glad to have two wives, so he paddled over and got the two girls.[101](101/ "tree and pragmatics") They said, “Your canoe is a very small canoe.”[102](102/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh no,” said Ciŋgibis, “my canoe is a magic canoe.[103](103/ "tree and pragmatics") It is enough.”[104](104/ "tree and pragmatics") So the girls got into the canoe and they went down the stream.[105](105/ "tree and pragmatics") By and by one girl said, “I’m getting hungry.”[106](106/ "tree and pragmatics") “Well,” said Ciŋgibis, “not far down is a nice rock and there we will have lunch.[107](107/ "tree and pragmatics") You can pull roots for lunch.”[108](108/ "tree and pragmatics") So Ciŋgibis and the two girls went ashore and pulled roots and made a string out of them.[109](109/ "tree and pragmatics") “That’s enough,” said Ciŋgibis to one of the girls.[110](110/ "tree and pragmatics") “Tie the string to my leg and I’ll dive for something to eat.[111](111/ "tree and pragmatics") When you see the string jerk, pull me up.”[112](112/ "tree and pragmatics") They did this, and he dove into the water.[113](113/ "tree and pragmatics") When the girls saw the string jerk, they pulled him up and he brought with him a big beaver.[114](114/ "tree and pragmatics") They skinned and cooked the beaver for lunch; then Ciŋgibis and his two wives continued their journey.[115](115/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon Ciŋgibis said, “Well, we are not far from the village now.[116](116/ "tree and pragmatics") I am going to place my caribou snare.”[117](117/ "tree and pragmatics") He meant rabbit when he said caribou.[118](118/ "tree and pragmatics") So he placed his snares.[119](119/ "tree and pragmatics") He then told the girls, “At the village your sister-in-law will come down to see you.[120](120/ "tree and pragmatics") Maŋg (Loon) is the name of the chief of the village.[121](121/ "tree and pragmatics") But we won’t camp near them; we’ll camp a little to one side.”[122](122/ "tree and pragmatics") They went down the river until they came to the mouth, and at that point they saw the wigwams.[123](123/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/page/2/) - ← previous: [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/)