--- title: II. Story of the Deluge — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: II. Story of the Deluge, «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, 1900) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/71/) [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/) / II. Story of the Deluge # II. Story of the Deluge II. Story of the Deluge of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 34 sentences and 508 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Chippewa, 1900)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho, the great land manitou, did not like the water manitous or spirits.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") One day he saw the chief of the water manitous asleep on a rock, and he shot and killed him with a magic arrow; then the little water manitous called the big rivers to help them and chased Menabozho up a high hill.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The water reached halfway up the hill; the water manitous called all the little rivers then to help them.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The water chased Menabozho to the top of the high hill.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He climbed up a tall pine tree, but the water came up to his chin; it could not go over his head, for there is not water enough in the whole world to drown the great Menabozho.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He waited a long time while he stood on the top of the pine tree.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The rivers would not go back, and he could not see any land.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") A loon flew over his head and then dived into the great water.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho said: “Brother Loon, come to me.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") I must make land for us to stand on.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Will you dive down and bring me a little sand?”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") The loon put down his head and went through the deep water, but it was too deep even for the great loon-bird.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") He came up again, but he had left his breath in the deep water.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho caught him as he floated by the pine tree, but he found no sand in his bill nor on his feet.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") An otter put his head out of the water close by Menabozho.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") “Brother Otter, dive down and bring me up a few grains of sand.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") We must have land to put our feet upon.”[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The otter knew he must do as Menabozho told him, so he put his head down into the deep water.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") He came up, but he had no life any more, and Menabozho could not find any sand in his paws.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") A muskrat came swimming by just then.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") “Brother Muskrat, you are very brave.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Will you dive down to the sand under this deep water and bring me a few grains?[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") I must make land for my brothers,” said Menabozho.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The muskrat was brave, for he dived down, but he came up just like the otter.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") He had no more life, but he had a little sand in one front paw.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho held the sand in his own hand and dried it in the sunshine.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") He blew it with his breath far out on the water, and it made a little island.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho called the sand back to him.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") He dried it in his hand again and then blew it to its place on the deep water.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") He did this for two days, and the island grew larger every time it was sent back.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho left the tree and walked on the land.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") He called to his brothers, who are the trees, animals, and everything on the land, to come and live on this land.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") The water had to go back to its place.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [I. Menabozho and His Three Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/70/) - next →: [III. Menabozho Caught](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/72/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)