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# XXIX. the Old Man in the Sky

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XXIX. the Old Man in the Sky of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 11 sentences and 150 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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(Iroquois)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics")

The people of the Six Nations, or Iroquois, point out to their children a cluster of stars which they call the Old Man.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") White men do not always know where it is.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") They tell this story of his reaching the sky, or the Great Blue Wigwam.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics")

An old chief was tired of life and of his people.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He took his bundle and walking-stick and went to the top of the highest bluff.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") There he sang his death chant.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") His people followed, but waited at the foot of the bluff.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") While they were watching they saw him slowly rise in the air; his voice sounded fainter and fainter; the spirits of the four winds raised him to the Great Star Lodge.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He was given a place among the stars.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics")

His stooping form, his staff, and bundle are pointed out to Indian children as they watch the stars at night.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics")

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