--- title: Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.) — Ojibwa myths and tales · full text with trees description: Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Told by Peter York. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/) [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/) / [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/) / Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.) # Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.) Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.) of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole text, 44 sentences and 833 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Told by Peter York.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") A good many years ago there were two head chiefs of the two big nations of Indians, the Ojibwas and the Mohawks.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") One time the head chief of the Mohawks thought to do something to hurt the Ojibwa chief.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He did not know just what to do.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The Ojibwa chief had one son and one daughter.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Well, the Mohawk thought “If I kill one of his children this would make him mad (angry).”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") So he got his warriors to come to him and told them to go to the Ojibwa village at night and try to kill the chief’s son or daughter.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The warriors started at night and went on their errand and it happened that the son was out late and was taken prisoner.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The warriors took the boy to the Mohawk chief and the chief cast lots, by drawing little sticks, and the one that got the longest stick had to kill the boy.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy was killed before the people and the chief called a big feast and had the boy cooked.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") When everything was ready he invited all the other neighbouring chiefs as well as the Ojibwa chief who had lost his son, and there were hundreds of Indians besides.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The big feast was ready by this time and all sat down on the ground.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Those who were appointed to act as waiters started to bring in the eatables, beginning at the door, giving the food to the men as they went along.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") The head Ojibwa chief was placed in the middle, and when the waiters came to him they brought his son’s head well cooked.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") This chief recognized his son’s head, but said nothing, and as they were all eating, he ate his son’s head just to show them that he was a man.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") When everything was over the Ojibwa chief started for home, and as he was going home he made up his mind that he would also do this kind of work some day.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") He did not do it at once but waited for a few years, when he got his warriors to come to him one day and told them that they had to go to the Mohawks’ village and get the chief’s daughter and bring her to him.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") One of the warriors told the chief “that there were hundreds of warriors guarding the Mohawk chief’s house ever since the Big Feast when the Ojibwa chief’s son was killed and eaten” (or in other words, since you lost your son).[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The Ojibwa chief then said, “You go in the daytime and take her and I will make them sleep sound.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") I will be able to do that.”[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") So they started, six of the best men.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") When they got to the Mohawk village they found all the watchers asleep and the chief also sound asleep.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") They took the girl away as they were told to bring her.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Before this the Ojibwa chief told one of his men to kill her, and she was killed in a quiet way.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Nobody knew what happened.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") The Ojibwa chief then called a big feast and told his people to get ready, that after the feast there was going to be a big battle right there.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") So they got everything ready.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") They called the Mohawk chief to come and all the Mohawks that could come at that time came, and all the Indians came from other places.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") They all sat down and ate.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl’s head well cooked was placed before the Mohawk chief.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") As soon as he saw his daughter’s head he gave a loud yell and fainted.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Just at this time the Ojibwa chief rose up and asked his men to start and kill every one of the Mohawks.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") The Ojibwa chief killed the Mohawk chief himself and his men killed the rest of the Mohawks at this time.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") After this happened the news spread all over and the two big nations got so mad (angry) that they declared war.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") The war took place in winter time.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") They fought on Lake Couchiching and the Lake was full of Indians.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") When the fight began the Ojibwa in command was a girl who led the warriors.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") When the Mohawks saw them coming they said “we’ll have fun now.”[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud yell and all the Mohawks fell down on their hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but the Ojibwa warriors killed every one of them that they could find.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Young and old, women as well as men, except two, a boy and a girl, and from this pair came the present Mohawks.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") This ends this Mohawk story.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Note.—(The girl leader of the Ojibwa was not the sister of the boy that was killed and eaten.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") She was a different girl, but had a dream that she could do this leading.)[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") NO. 10.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Ojibwa and Mohawk. 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