--- title: XXII. an Indian Temperance Speech — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XXII. an Indian Temperance Speech, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Yannahar, the brave chief, stood up in his wigwam before his fellow chiefs and spoke these words: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/47/) [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/) / XXII. an Indian Temperance Speech # XXII. an Indian Temperance Speech XXII. an Indian Temperance Speech of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 33 sentences and 345 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Yannahar, the brave chief, stood up in his wigwam before his fellow chiefs and spoke these words:[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") “Brothers, hear! and with the heart keep my words.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") My father, Kimanchee, was a noble chief.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He was light of foot; the wind only was quicker.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") His strong arm was as a branch of the mountain oak.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Joy was with him when he came from hunting.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") His arrow never came back without meat.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The eye of my father never grew dim; his strength grew with the days.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") “Kimanchee came to the council fires.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He and his brother chiefs smoked the pipe of peace.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the warpath was overgrown with grass.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Peace came like the Father of Waters; joy like the leaping waters on the mountain.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") These were the blessings of Kimanchee and his brothers.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") They drank at the spring in the forest and grew strong.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") “But where is Kimanchee, Swift-foot-of-the-prairie?[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The Fire Spirit came like the clouds of the north.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Fire and death were on his wings.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The shadows of darkness were before him, and the clouds and coldness of the night fell upon his track.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") “The red man fell before the Fire Spirit like the leaves of the forest before the fierce wind.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Kimanchee’s eyes grew dim, his arm fell.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") His swift foot turned from the hunting trail.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") His arrow came back to him no more.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") His step was like the buffalo that has been shot.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") “He slept with his dog in the sun; when he stood up, his strength was gone.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Kimanchee fell.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") The joy that stood by the door of his wigwam stands there no more.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") “He fell like a tree in summer.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") He fell like a tree torn by lightning, with its green leaves withered on its branches.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") The red man fell before the fire-water like the green leaves of the forest before the storm wind.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") “This is the curse of the fire-water.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Kimanchee, Swift-foot-of-the-prairie, is no more.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") The Fire Spirit has taken my father.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") His heart is drowned in the fire-water.”[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [A Legend of Minnehaha Falls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/46/) - next →: [XXIII. the Girl Who Became a Pine Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/48/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)