--- title: Opening, part 13 — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · full text with trees description: Opening, part 13, «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems»: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Now it came to pass in the morning, That old Dame Kâkâgûch, The meddling and spying Crow, Observed that meat was drying In the smoke of the Master’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/) [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/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / Opening, part 13 # Opening, part 13 Opening, part 13 of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems»: the whole text, 130 sentences and 2559 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/page/2/) Now it came to pass in the morning, That old Dame Kâkâgûch, The meddling and spying Crow, Observed that meat was drying In the smoke of the Master’s wigwam.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") This news she spread abroad, Adding that trouble was coming, For the Master must have returned.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Then a great fear came upon them, They sat every man in his wigwam, Waiting for death in silence For they knew the Master had come.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") But when he had slain Winpe And saw them sitting in silence, Frightened like so many rabbits Before a hungry wild-cat, He laughed aloud and forgave them; For he was noble and generous, And cared for no small foe.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") And as they were very hungry, For he had come in a time When all of them were starving.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He fed them all with venison; So sorrow left the wigwams.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") But as they had left him of old, He left them in turn and departed.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Ere they had known his power, They had left him alone to die; Now that they knew his power, They feared they should die without him.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") But he left them to go their path And turned his steps toward others.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, having made a canoe, The Master and his mother, Dame Bear, and Marten, his brother, Went forth on a mighty river Which was in its beginning Both broad and beautiful.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs Which ever grew higher and closer, Till they met in an arch overhead, But the river ran on beneath them, And ever far underground, Deep into earth and deeper, Till it dashed into roaring rapids Among rocks and wild ravines; Then under cataracts, So horrible that death Seemed to come and go as they darted With every plunge and motion Headlong in their canoe.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Master with silent soul Ever sang the songs of magic.\][12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Narrower grew the water, More dreadful still the current, And fear came over the mother And then on the brother Marten, Till of that fear they died.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Master with silent soul Ever sang the songs of magic, The awful incantations, Till he had passed the darkness And came again into sunlight, The bright and beautiful day.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") He found upon the bank A lonely deserted wigwam, Therein he carried the dead, And, laying them down, he said: “\_Nemchaase\![15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") \_” that is, “Arise!”[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") And behold they both arose, And thought they had only slept.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Master found by this trial He had gained his greatest power.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") L.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") \[42\] The old people say that seven beasts stole Kulóskap’s family from him and that he followed them to Newfoundland.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") VIII[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") HOW THE MASTER FOUND THE SUMMER[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Passamaquoddy\_\][24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Piche pamaosoinnoak wiwikitopʾnik Mequatoekak ospassio.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[43\][26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") In the long time ago, When people ever lived In the red morning light Or ever the day of man had come; Before the sun had risen And ere the Eastern land Was peopled as to-day, Kulóskap, the great lord, Went far into the North Where all was snow and ice.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") He came to a great lodge Wherein he found a giant, Truly a wondrous one The greatest of his race, For he was Winter.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") When The Indian god came in, He sat in silence down; Then gave as welcoming A pipe unto his guest; And as they smoked, the host Told stories to the chief-- Tales of the olden time, In the old giant tongue.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") A charm was in the words, The enchantment of the frost, And so the giant talked on, Freezing with every word, Until Kulóskap fell Into a sleep like death.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Six months he silent lay, Even as the bear or toad Lies quietly till spring:[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, when the charm was gone, The Indian god awoke, Woke with his might renewed.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") Homeward he turned his way Unto the glowing South.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") At every step his foot Met with the growing grass, Warm breezes greeted him, And many a forest flower Rose up and talked in song.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") He came into a dell Deep in the greenwood shade, Where many little fays, Fair little sun-ray elves, Were dancing in their joy.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") And their sweet fairy queen, Bright Summer, led the round-- Summer most beautiful Of beings ever born.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") He caught fair Summer up, And, by a crafty trick, He kept her as his own; For, as he fled away, And as the elves pursued, He let behind him trail A long and slender cord Cut from a moose-hide.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") All Pulled gayly at the end; But as he ran, he let The cord run out, and they Were ever left behind, Because by magic power The moose-cord had no end\![38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Even so the Lord escaped The Fairies of the Light, The Ladies of the Dawn\![39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Again as he returned He came unto the lodge Where grim old Winter lay, Who gayly welcomed him, Hoping to freeze the god Again into sleep, and hold Him very sternly there, Forever in his power.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") But hidden in his breast Kulóskap held the charm Of a great victory, For he had Summer there; Even as now to you I sing the summer song\![41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") They sat them down and smoked.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") This time the Master told Tales of the ancient time In the old giant tongue Once spoken by the gods-- Magic and wonder tales.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") This time he had the power; His spell was mightiest, And his strange wizardry The stronger of the two.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") Ere long the hut grew warm And then down Winter’s cheeks, His cheeks of hard gray stone, The melting ice-drops ran, Till he and all his home Fell down, and in a flood As water rushed away Adown between the rocks Into the roaring sea\![45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") Then everything awoke.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") The seeds and wildflowers grew.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") The snow in rivers ran Bearing away the leaves Left from the Fall before; The fairies all came out And then Kulóskap turned Again unto the South, Leaving his captive there; Summer was in the land.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") L.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") \[43\] Long ago people used to live in the red light of morning.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") IX[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") HOW KULÓSKAP LEFT THE WORLD[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Passamaquoddy and Micmac\_\][54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Yut negum tan Kulóskap Udelinaktamnes uskitkamigw.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[44\][56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") When the great Kulóskap, The Lord of Beasts and Men, By power, for all his people And for the world, had subdued All of the evil things Which cursed the early time, Giants and sorcerers, Witches and devils dire, Fiends and every horror, All were silenced then.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") The ice-hearted Kiwakʿw Wandered no longer free In the green wilderness, And the mighty bird Kullû, Great as a hundred eagles, No longer scared the Indian As it spread its mighty wings Like a cloud ’twixt earth and the sun. Evil beasts, devils and serpents Were found no more in the land, And the world at last knew peace; For the Master had taught to man All that should make him happy; But all were in turn ungrateful, And, while they feared the Master, Grew every day more wicked, Forgetting him in their hearts; And sin roared in the land.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Now when the ways of men And of beasts became so evil, So false, proud and ferocious, Kulóskap as their lord Was angered at their sin, Yet bore it as a god Till all his love was gone; As oil spreads over the sea Till all is thinned away.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest ever known By the great Lake Minas shore, On the silver water’s edge; And all the beasts of the wood, The fathers of all the tribes, Came to the feast in state, Came at the call, to revel; But the Lord had little to say.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Solemn and grim was the banquet, All knew that the chief was going, And knew, too, why he would leave them.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/)