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It begins: (5) Ciŋgibis. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/) / Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Oj… # Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/) **2** All the people yelled when they saw Ciŋgibis, for he was a great man, although he was the ugliest one among them.[124](../../124/ "tree and pragmatics") They cried, “Ee Ciŋgibis\![125](../../125/ "tree and pragmatics") He has two wives.”[126](../../126/ "tree and pragmatics") So they all laughed and the sister of Ciŋgibis came to shake hands with his two wives.[127](../../127/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Ciŋgibis pitched his wigwam.[128](../../128/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon a man who was a second chief came to Ciŋgibis and said, “Chief Maŋg wants to see you.[129](../../129/ "tree and pragmatics") He is going to have a dance tonight.”[130](../../130/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis said to his wives, “Stay here and don’t go to the dance.[131](../../131/ "tree and pragmatics") There are too many nice-looking men there.”[132](../../132/ "tree and pragmatics") On account of this the two wives became angry with him.[133](../../133/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis put on his best clothes and went to the dance.[134](../../134/ "tree and pragmatics") By and by the wives heard drumming and fine voices singing.[135](../../135/ "tree and pragmatics") So they decided to go and peep in at the dancers if Ciŋgibis should not see them.[136](../../136/ "tree and pragmatics") They did this and peeped in through the bark, and there they saw Loon singing.[137](../../137/ "tree and pragmatics") He was a fine-looking man with a fine voice and fine clothes.[138](../../138/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis was beside Loon, looking exceedingly ugly in contrast to him.[139](../../139/ "tree and pragmatics") The wives said, “It is a shame that Loon is so good-looking.”[140](../../140/ "tree and pragmatics") They then went back to camp and put two stumps in the place where they were to sleep, covered them with blankets and ran off.[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis came back from the dance and, thinking that he was sleeping with his two wives, he lay down between the two stumps and fell asleep.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics") But his two wives went to sleep with Chief Loon.[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics") By and by ants began to bite Ciŋgibis and he scolded his wives, saying, “Don’t do that.”[144](../../144/ "tree and pragmatics") At last he discovered the stumps and threw them out.[145](../../145/ "tree and pragmatics") At daybreak he went to the chief’s wigwam and there, sleeping with the Chief, he saw his two wives.[146](../../146/ "tree and pragmatics") “You are a dead man for this!” said Ciŋgibis.[147](../../147/ "tree and pragmatics") He then went to his grandmother.[148](../../148/ "tree and pragmatics") “What do you want?” asked she.[149](../../149/ "tree and pragmatics") “I want a chisel and a flint.”[150](../../150/ "tree and pragmatics") “What do you want with them, grandchild?[151](../../151/ "tree and pragmatics") Are you going to be in mischief again?” said the grandmother.[152](../../152/ "tree and pragmatics") However, she gave them to him, and Ciŋgibis tied two flints to his feet and placed the chisel in the fire to make it red hot.[153](../../153/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he asked for some eagle feathers (but this was a wiske·djak (Canadian Jay) feather).[154](../../154/ "tree and pragmatics") He got them and placed them on his head.[155](../../155/ "tree and pragmatics") When the ice chisel became red hot, the old grandmother said, “Say, Ciŋgibis, don’t do any mischief again,” but Ciŋgibis picked up the chisel and ran away with it to the wigwam of Loon.[156](../../156/ "tree and pragmatics") Loon always slept with his mouth open.[157](../../157/ "tree and pragmatics") When Ciŋgibis reached the wigwam, he found every one in it asleep.[158](../../158/ "tree and pragmatics") He shoved the chisel into Loon’s open mouth, killing him, ran off to his canoe, jumped into it, and paddled away to his snares.[159](../../159/ "tree and pragmatics") He did this so that no one would suspect that he had killed their chief.[160](../../160/ "tree and pragmatics") This is the reason why the Loon always has a black mouth—from where he was burned.[161](../../161/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis found a rabbit in his snare.[162](../../162/ "tree and pragmatics") He placed the blood of the rabbit in some hay and tied the hay to his stomach.[163](../../163/ "tree and pragmatics") When he returned to the camp, the people were mourning for Loon.[164](../../164/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis came in slowly.[165](../../165/ "tree and pragmatics") The second chief said, “Ciŋgibis will be very sorry when he hears that Chief Loon is dead.[166](../../166/ "tree and pragmatics") He was his great friend.[167](../../167/ "tree and pragmatics") We must tell him before he arrives.”[168](../../168/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the people called to Ciŋgibis, “Ee Ciŋgibis, the chief is dead.”[169](../../169/ "tree and pragmatics") “What!” said Ciŋgibis, “the chief is dead!”[170](../../170/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he drew out his knife and pierced the hay full of rabbit blood.[171](../../171/ "tree and pragmatics") The blood ran out and all the people thought that he had killed himself.[172](../../172/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis then dived into the water and the people came out in their canoes to look for him.[173](../../173/ "tree and pragmatics") They saw the rabbit blood upon the water and gave up looking for him.[174](../../174/ "tree and pragmatics") After a few days, they made another chief, Goose (nixka′), since both Loon and Ciŋgibis were dead.[175](../../175/ "tree and pragmatics") Ten days after this had happened, early in the morning the people heard somebody singing near the shore three times, “Who killed our chief?[176](../../176/ "tree and pragmatics") I am the one.”[177](../../177/ "tree and pragmatics") They awoke Chief Goose and he exclaimed, “I was thinking that that Ciŋgibis was in all kinds of mischief.[178](../../178/ "tree and pragmatics") So we must try to kill him.”[179](../../179/ "tree and pragmatics") Accordingly he sent all the men after him in canoes.[180](../../180/ "tree and pragmatics") When Ciŋgibis dived, they could only see his feathers which his grandmother had given him, but they could not catch him.[181](../../181/ "tree and pragmatics") Ciŋgibis said to them, “You are all spirits.[182](../../182/ "tree and pragmatics") Drink all this water and you will get me.”[183](../../183/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Ducks and Geese drank all the lake dry and chased Ciŋgibis among the rocks, and thought that they would catch him.[184](../../184/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, no,” laughed Ciŋgibis, “I know some more tricks yet.”[185](../../185/ "tree and pragmatics") So he ran about and kicked the rocks with the flints his grandmother had given him, which were fastened to his feet, and water began flowing out and finally covered everything.[186](../../186/ "tree and pragmatics") The people who were pursuing him had to swim for their lives.[187](../../187/ "tree and pragmatics") They all became ducks.[188](../../188/ "tree and pragmatics") This is the origin of all the ducks.[189](../../189/ "tree and pragmatics") When the people left their canoes, they were obliged to swim and so they are swimming yet.[190](../../190/ "tree and pragmatics") (6) Beaver Gives a Feast.[191](../../191/ "tree and pragmatics") All the animals, once upon a time, were camped together—the Beaver, the Otter, the Muskrat, and the others.[192](../../192/ "tree and pragmatics") Their chief was Beaver.[193](../../193/ "tree and pragmatics") Every once in a while he would give a big feast, build a big wigwam, and invite all the men and women to come in and eat with him.[194](../../194/ "tree and pragmatics") He would tell them, “Well, I want to give a feast.”[195](../../195/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they would come in, sit around the inside of his big wigwam and pass the food around from one to the other.[196](../../196/ "tree and pragmatics") He would provide lots of grease in birch-bark dishes.[197](../../197/ "tree and pragmatics") Now, one time, when he gave one of his feasts, Beaver cut his grease supply into cakes which he served around to his guests.[198](../../198/ "tree and pragmatics") Every time he passed a cake to a guest, pepedit.[199](../../199/ "tree and pragmatics") Indeed, every time he moved, pepedit, or when he would go and cut a new block of grease.[200](../../200/ "tree and pragmatics") \[34\] Now every time the Beaver broke wind, the Otter laughed.[201](../../201/ "tree and pragmatics") He did not seem to know that this would offend the Beaver, because he was a little foolish.[202](../../202/ "tree and pragmatics") The other guests told the Otter, “You mustn’t laugh when Beaver does that; he is our chief.”[203](../../203/ "tree and pragmatics") Despite this, every time they went to a feast, castore pedente, the Otter laughed at him.[204](../../204/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/) - next →: [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/15/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/)