--- title: VII. Story of the First Man and Woman — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: VII. Story of the First Man and Woman, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Chippewa) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/32/) [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/) / VII. Story of the First Man and Woman # VII. Story of the First Man and Woman VII. Story of the First Man and Woman of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 24 sentences and 365 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Chippewa)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") The Great Manitou had his home in the Land of Peace.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Before he became a man and his face was cut in the stone, he was a great bird and his nest was in the pipestone rocks.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He fed on the wild buffaloes that lived on the prairies.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") He could carry two buffaloes in his claws; he always ate them near his nest; this is why the rocks are red.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") The tracks of the manitou bird can be seen near the Land of Peace.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indians know where to find these tracks and will show them to the white man.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The Great Serpent is older than mankind.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") He was alive before the first man was made.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He found the nest of the manitou bird; there was one egg in the nest.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") The manitou heard the egg move.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") He was miles away, but he flew with a great rock in his claws and killed the serpent.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") The rock broke open the egg, and out of it came a grown man, but the rock lay upon his feet and he could not walk.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") He had to stand in one place, for the manitou bird would not set him free until he knew many things.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") The man learned how to hunt the buffalo, for he could see many miles.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") He learned how to tan and use the buffalo skin; he learned the language of birds; they would come when he would call their names; he learned how to make and use the bow and arrow.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The manitou bird covered the man with a great buffalo skin, but his head was not covered, for he had much black hair.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The first man was slow to learn and he stood many moons in his place in the pipestone rocks; nothing came to hurt him.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") When he had learned much, he woke one morning and found a woman standing beside him.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The manitou bird pulled away the stone from the feet of the man.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") He shook his wings and the man and woman ran to the prairie.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") These two were the first of all people.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") They were Indians.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") All mankind know they were the first to live on the earth.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [VI. the Origin of the Crane Tribe of the Ojibway or Chippewa Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/31/) - next →: [VIII. Giants and Fairies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/33/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)