--- title: XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky, «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/pg73136/50/) [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/) / XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky # XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 15 sentences and 225 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") It seems strange that the Iroquois should have named our Big Dipper with the other name by which we also know it.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") They called it the Great Bear, and pointed it out to the white man in early days.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The Iroquois have this story about the Great Bear in the sky:[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Seven braves were chasing a bear, which ran from the woods to a mountain.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") This mountain was the home of a stone giant; all but three hunters were destroyed by the falling stones which he threw.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") The three hunters with the bear were lifted up into the sky by the spirits of the four winds.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The bear can be seen in the sky.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") He is followed by the first hunter, who has his bow in his hand.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The second hunter comes next with a kettle.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") The third hunter is far behind them all, and he is gathering sticks.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The first hunter shoots at the bear in the Moon of Falling Leaves.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") The red maple leaves and the leaves of the oak show the hurt the bear has received.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") After this moon the bear hides for a time, but he comes back after a while as brave as ever.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunter with the bow never kills him; the hunter with the kettle never cooks his flesh; the hunter gathering sticks never builds the fire.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [XXIV. the White Stone Canoe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/49/) - next →: [XXVI. the North Star](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/51/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)