--- title: XI. the Hunter Who Could Fly — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XI. the Hunter Who Could Fly, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Iroquois) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/36/) [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/) / XI. the Hunter Who Could Fly # XI. the Hunter Who Could Fly XI. the Hunter Who Could Fly of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 26 sentences and 381 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Iroquois)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") An Indian had been out hunting all day.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") His arrows had never come back; they brought him nothing; he was tired and hungry; he had no more arrows.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Just then he came to a lake on which many wild geese were swimming, and he wanted some meat.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") He would have it.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He saw some young saplings growing at the foot of a basswood tree.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He tore off long strips of bark from these and then dived into the lake under the geese where he saw hundreds of their feet.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") He tied many of their feet together, and then fastened them to his belt.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The geese began to scream, and the flock rose from the water.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He had tied six geese to his belt; they were strong, and the geese lifted the hunter out of the water and flew with him to the flock.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") He cut three geese loose; the other three broke the strings which tied them.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indian dropped down, down, into a tall hollow stump.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") He was hungry, but he went to sleep.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") After two days he heard squaws trying to cut down the stump; they ran away when he called to them.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indian men came and found him; they got him out and gave him food.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indians gave him arrows, and he made himself a new bow; these he took and went on a long hunt.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") He came to a place where there were many deer, and he had much meat and many deerskins.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunter remembered how the geese had carried him in the air.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") He made wings of the deerskins; he learned how to fly with the wings, for the birds taught him.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunter was very far from his tribe.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") It was a long trail to his village.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") He said to the birds that he would fly to his tribe, and he did.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") When it was night he slept in the trees; when it was day the hunter flew until he was hungry, then he stopped and found something to eat.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") He reached his village; his tribe saw him and thought a spirit had come.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") They called a great council, and the hunter told his story; then he burned his wings.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") No other Indian was ever seen to fly in the air.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [X. the Little People of the Senecas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/35/) - next →: [XII. How the Bear Lost His Tail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/37/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)