--- title: IV. the Face of the Great Manitou in the Rock — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: IV. the Face of the Great Manitou in the Rock, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The great stone pipes of all tribes of Indians are made in the Valley of Peace. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/29/) [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/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / IV. the Face of the Great Manitou in t… # IV. the Face of the Great Manitou in the Rock IV. the Face of the Great Manitou in the Rock of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 39 sentences and 372 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. The great stone pipes of all tribes of Indians are made in the Valley of Peace.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") The Valley of Peace has high walls of rock.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") This rock is soft when it is first cut; it is red and white.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") No Indian may harm any one in this valley.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Enemies must not know war here.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Dakotas, Chippewas, Pawnees, tribes of the south and tribes of the north buried their tomahawks when they met in the Valley of Peace.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") This is true; the tribes gathered here to make their calumets.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The calumet is the pipe of peace.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The Falls of the Winniwissi are in the Pipestone Valley.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The music of the falling water is like the song of peace.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Near the Falls of Winniwissi is a high rock.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") When the braves come to the Valley of Peace they see a great face in this rock.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") They see it when far away on the long trail.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") It is the face of the Great Manitou.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") It is the face of the Great Spirit.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") All the tribes believe that the water spirits cut this face on the rock.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") It is Wahkan.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") It is sacred.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The Dakotas believe that Toonkan, the oldest of all the gods, lives in stone.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Stone was made first.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Toonkan lived first.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") He lives in every rock.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") He loves best the great rocks.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") They are his home.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indians worship the face in the rock.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") It is Toonkan watching them.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") He will bring them back alive from battle.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") He will help them in the fight with the bear.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indians lift their pipes and let the smoke blow toward the Great Stone Face.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") They sing songs to him; he helps the tribes.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") There is another Great Spirit who lives in the sun. These two Great Spirits know each other.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") The Dakota prays to the sun. One of his prayers is this:[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") “Wahkan Ate! onshemada!”[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") (“Sacred Spirit, Father! have mercy on me.”)[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") The Chippewas fear their manitous.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") They are careful not to offend them; there are many little manitous; there are many manitous that try to do harm.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") The good manitous are wiser than the bad manitous.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indian must not forget to pray to the Great Manitou.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") He must not forget the little manitous.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [III. Leaping Rock in the Pipestone Valley](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/28/) - next →: [V. How Two Squaws Saved Their Band](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/30/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)