--- title: XXVI. the North Star — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XXVI. the North Star, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Ojibway) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/51/) [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/) / XXVI. the North Star # XXVI. the North Star XXVI. the North Star of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 35 sentences and 482 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Ojibway)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Three Ojibway hunters had been out hunting for meat many days; it was in a new place.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The woods were very thick, but there were no deer in them.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunters had nothing to eat; they had no water, for there was none; they were lost in the thick forest.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunters sat down and smoked the pipe of peace.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") They offered the smoke to the manitous who might live in the woods.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") They asked the manitous to help them.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The day sun was gone and there was no night sun.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The chief covered his head with his blanket and chanted:[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") “Our wigwams will see us no more.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") We will stay here forever.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") We can go no further.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") A little pukwudjinnie came out of a hollow tree when the chief had chanted his story.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") The Little One was like a little papoose, but he was very old and knew very much.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") He said: “I will help the hunters.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") I will show you the trail.”[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") He pulled the thick bushes apart, and the hunters followed.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") He found the trail and soon came upon a herd of deer feeding in the bush.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunters shot two deer and ate much meat; they were stronger after they had eaten the meat.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The Little One did not eat; he was not hungry.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") There was no rain, and the hunters had no water; they lost their strength and could not walk on the trail.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") The pukwudjinnie left them; then the hunters put their blankets over their heads and sat down.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") They said no words.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") They could not smoke the pipe of peace, for their strength was all gone.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The Little One came back with a deerskin full of drink for them; he poured it into their mouths; it was not water; it was like no drink they ever had before.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") They became very strong and wanted nothing more to eat or to drink for more than one moon.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") He led them on a long trail, to the land of his Little People; he took them to his own chief.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") The chief was like a little papoose, but he knew all the trails in the forest.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") He knew all the trails in the sky.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") The little chief showed the Ojibway chief the star in the north, the star that never moves.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") The little chief showed them how to watch this star and not lose their trail.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") He found their lost trail for them and sent them home.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") The three hunters came back to their own wigwams.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") They talked in the council and showed their people the star that never moves.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") Other nations and tribes know this star now, but the Ojibways believe that their people were the first to know where to find it in the Great Blue Wigwam, and that the Little People were told of its worth when their home was on the Evening Star.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [XXV. the Great Bear in the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/50/) - next →: [XXVII. the Star That Never Moves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/52/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)