--- title: VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish, «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, 1895) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/75/) [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/) / VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish # VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 29 sentences and 385 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Chippewa, 1895)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") One day Menabozho went fishing with hook and line in Gitchee Gumee, the Big Sea Water.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") A large fish came along and swallowed the hook and line, swallowed Menabozho and his canoe, swallowed everything, just like a big sea cave.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") When Menabozho waked out of his sleep he saw a squirrel sitting on the canoe beside him.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The fish had swallowed him, too.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho said: “Brother Squirrel, where are we?”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") The squirrel answered: “Menabozho, we are in a great fish.”[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho found his bow and arrows in the canoe and shot an arrow upward.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") It killed the great fish.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The body of the fish began to rise to the top of the water.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho prayed to the Great Manitou that the wind might blow from the south.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The Great Spirit heard his prayer and sent the south wind.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") It blew the great fish to the north shore of Gitchee Gumee, where Nokomis lived.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") The great fish floated on the water like a little sun-fish; when it touched the shore the birds fed on its flesh, and Menabozho came out and went to his grandmother, Nokomis.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") After their greeting was over Menabozho went back and found the birds still feeding on the fish.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") “Go away, my little brothers,” he said.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Each bird took a piece of the fish and flew away, and Menabozho then cut up the great creature and made much fish oil; he had a great plan in his mind and was glad to have this oil.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") A wicked manitou lived on an island in Gitchee Gumee.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") This island had miles of blackest pitch on all of its shores; not even a water manitou could swim through this pitch.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho carried the fish oil over and poured it on the pitch; wherever the oil touched the pitch it was never sticky again.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho found the wigwam of the wicked manitou.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") All day long he shot arrows at this wigwam.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") The manitou came out and laughed at him.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") A woodpecker called out, “Hit him in the back, Menabozho!”[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The manitou just then turned to run, and Menabozho hit him and he fell.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") The woodpecker flew down by Menabozho.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") His white feathers were stained by the pitch, but Menabozho painted his head with war paint.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") He is one of Menabozho’s brothers.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") Ooranah.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/74/) - next →: [VII. the Thunder-bird of the Dakotas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/76/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)