--- title: XXXVII. the North Wind’s Defeat — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XXXVII. the North Wind’s Defeat, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Chippewa) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/62/) [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/) / XXXVII. the North Wind’s Defeat # XXXVII. the North Wind’s Defeat XXXVII. the North Wind’s Defeat of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 43 sentences and 540 words. 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(Chippewa)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Shingebis the great loon-bird lived in a lodge alone.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") It was by a great lake over which thick ice had come.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He had only four logs of wood for his fire for the whole winter.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") But each log would burn a whole moon, and as but four moons were cold, there was wood enough.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Shingebis cared for no one.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He liked the cold.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") When the wind blew the coldest he would go out to where the reeds grew through the ice, and pulling them up, dive down into the holes for fish.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Kabibonokka, the cold north wind, felt ashamed that there lived anything which did not fear him.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why, this is wonderful.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Here lives one who cares no more for me than I do for him.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") I will try once more to see if he will give up to me.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Then came the wind from the north ten times colder than ever.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Great drifts of snow were heaped everywhere.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Still the fire burned in the lodge of Shingebis.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") Every day he went as before and pulled up the rushes and reeds from the ice, and dived down for the fish which were always there.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will go to his lodge and visit him,” said the north wind one day, as he saw Shingebis dragging home a great fish.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") He went that night to the lodge by the water.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Shingebis did not know he was coming.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") He did not care.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") He cooked the great fish and ate his supper, then lay on his side before the burning log and sang a mocking song about the north wind.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") It was this:[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Ka neej, ka neej, Bi in, bi in, Bon in, bon in, Ok ee, ok ee, Ka weya, ka weya.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Shingebis may have known that the one he was singing about stood outside his doorway, for he sang this song many times.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The north wind could endure it no longer.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") He would see the creature that did not care for his hurting.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") He came in and sat down opposite the loon-bird, the great Shingebis.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") This did not frighten Shingebis.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") He simply rose and stirred the coals of the fire about the log till they blazed and sent out a great heat.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") “You are but my fellow creature,” kept singing the brave Shingebis, and he sat down again in his place.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Very soon the icy tears began to flow down the cheeks of Kabibonokka.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") He said nothing aloud but whispered to himself: “I cannot endure this; I must leave.”[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") As he slipped out of the doorway not saying a word, he flew as straight as he could to the places where the reeds and rushes grew.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") He froze the roots very tightly into the ice.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") “Shingebis shall have no more fish,” said the ice-cold wind.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") Yet Shingebis found fish all that cold winter.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") He was brave and laughed at his trials.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") At last the north wind gave up trying to conquer the great Shingebis.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") “Some manitou is helping him.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") I can neither freeze him nor starve him.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") I will let him alone.”[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") When the four logs were burned and the four cold moons had passed, Shingebis still laughed and sang in his lodge by the water.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") Schoolcraft.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [XXXVI. 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