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It begins: He said. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/page/2/) [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 14 # Opening, part 14 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/) **2** So, raising up a heavy stone, he laid them safe beneath.[97](../../97/ "tree and pragmatics") And there they lie unto this day all full of mystic power.[98](../../98/ "tree and pragmatics") The Indian then ran away and saw no more strange sights, But ever on his hunts abroad he killed sufficient food, For all the forest creatures had no fear of him who once Had had the serpent’s eye-rings from the demon of the air.[99](../../99/ "tree and pragmatics") P.[100](../../100/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[101](../../101/ "tree and pragmatics") \[50\] Long ago some Indians camped in the woods.[102](../../102/ "tree and pragmatics") VI[103](../../103/ "tree and pragmatics") THE LITTLE BOY KIDNAPPED BY THE BEAR[104](../../104/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Penobscot\_\][105](../../105/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Nâwad agua eleʿkza niʿkwop kʾdado kéowun.[106](../../106/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[51\][107](../../107/ "tree and pragmatics") I am going to tell you now what happened long ago.[108](../../108/ "tree and pragmatics") Some Indians were camping with their children near a lake And one fair morning started off to hunt the wary moose, The children left alone in camp, as is the Indian way.[109](../../109/ "tree and pragmatics") On that same day a little lad who scarce could walk unhelped, Tottered and crawled away from camp until he lost the path And passed the cold and bitter night afar out in the bush.[110](../../110/ "tree and pragmatics") When morning dawned he thought he saw his mother drawing near And, rushing to her side, he held her fast in firm embrace.[111](../../111/ "tree and pragmatics") This was a she-bear, shaggy, great and strong as oxen twain.[112](../../112/ "tree and pragmatics") She seized the lad and bore him off and fed him in her den.[113](../../113/ "tree and pragmatics") When the old folk returned to camp they sought the boy in vain.[114](../../114/ "tree and pragmatics") This was a she-bear, shaggy, great and strong as oxen twain, She seized the lad and bore him off.\][115](../../115/ "tree and pragmatics") For ten full days, all day and night, they sought the boy in vain.[116](../../116/ "tree and pragmatics") At last they broke up camp and, sorrowing, went back unto their town.[117](../../117/ "tree and pragmatics") All winter long the baby lay warmed by the sleeping bear And drawing nourishment at need forth from her milky teats-- A wonder this, and quite unlike the usual way of bears.[118](../../118/ "tree and pragmatics") But this one was a wizard bear who wished to keep the lad.[119](../../119/ "tree and pragmatics") When spring-time came, the wizard of the little Indian town Took twenty men and started off to seek the long-lost lad.[120](../../120/ "tree and pragmatics") He had found out by secret arts the way to his abode.[121](../../121/ "tree and pragmatics") When they arrived, the furious bear rushed forth in anger dire But met her death by magic shot, and thus the boy was saved; He ran away, but soon was caught and to his kind restored, But during many years that lad was wild as any bear.[122](../../122/ "tree and pragmatics") P.[123](../../123/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[124](../../124/ "tree and pragmatics") \[51\] I am going to tell you of what happened long ago.[125](../../125/ "tree and pragmatics") VII[126](../../126/ "tree and pragmatics") THE WIZARD AND THE CHRISTIAN PRIEST[127](../../127/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Abenaki\_\][128](../../128/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Askua ali wigiidit waʿkasimigʾzowak Salaʾki agua ni wijiganun kigamʾwinno.[129](../../129/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[52\][130](../../130/ "tree and pragmatics") A priest of God came to an Indian town And settled there to teach the people truth, Which some received and others spurned with scorn.[131](../../131/ "tree and pragmatics") Some hostile Mohawks fell upon that town, Killing the folk, all save the Priest and one, An Indian of many magic gifts.[132](../../132/ "tree and pragmatics") Late in the afternoon of that same day The Mohawks reached their village with these two: The holy Priest and Wizard skilled in craft.[133](../../133/ "tree and pragmatics") The Mohawks held a council by the fire Discussing how to torture best the twain, So as to see their frenzy, and enjoy With gloating satisfaction every pain.[134](../../134/ "tree and pragmatics") They all agreed to heat two earthen pots On fiery coals unto the whitest heat; Then place these pots upon the head of each And watch them dance about till life was spent.[135](../../135/ "tree and pragmatics") With merry whoop they started up the fires; Began at once to heat the torture pots.[136](../../136/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon, when they thought the glow was great enough, They first of all laid hands upon the Priest.[137](../../137/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he who had been taken with the Priest At once brought all his magic arts to bear, And burst his bonds asunder with a yell That curdled every heart among the foe.[138](../../138/ "tree and pragmatics") The Wizard cried in Indian tongue: “\_Nda Awâni niûna ndelima-- Magahôûnana\_,” which means: “My friends, We shall not torture any one (to-day).”[139](../../139/ "tree and pragmatics") And then he leapt upon the fiery coals And danced and danced, until his feet did fry And sizzle hot like bacon in a pan.[140](../../140/ "tree and pragmatics") Then all the Indians were full of fear.[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") But when to crown the horror of the whole They saw the wizard put the glowing pot On his own head and leap about in glee, They all took flight in terror to the woods.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics") Then spake the Wizard: “Father, now escape.”[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics") When they had reached all safe and sound their home, The Priest said to the Wizard: “O my son, Thou shouldst repent and turn thee from thine art Unto God’s ways and ever keep the Faith.”[144](../../144/ "tree and pragmatics") Then quoth the Wizard laughing: “Father mine, Had I repented and mine art eschewed, Then were we both of us dead men this day.”[145](../../145/ "tree and pragmatics") \[53\] P.[146](../../146/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[147](../../147/ "tree and pragmatics") \[52\] A priest came to where some families were camping.[148](../../148/ "tree and pragmatics") \[53\] This song is very interesting, as indicating a survival of the old Indian faith in their magicians as superior to Christian power.[149](../../149/ "tree and pragmatics") It is quite like the many indications in Italian tales, relating to witches, in which the sorcerer conquers the priest.--C. G. L.[150](../../150/ "tree and pragmatics") VIII[151](../../151/ "tree and pragmatics") WIZARD WARFARE[152](../../152/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Abenaki\_\][153](../../153/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Noñwat nd-odananok Mʾsalok mdaulinʾwak.[154](../../154/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[54\][155](../../155/ "tree and pragmatics") Long, long years ago When wizards were not few There happened near our town A war of which I’ll tell.[156](../../156/ "tree and pragmatics") One day a wizard wise Sought counsel from the gods, And entered in the hut They knew as \_petegwîgun\_-- A round-house made of bark, With opening above; No door nor window there Save only at the top Through which the wizard climbed, And, lying there in trance, Saw all the foemen’s wiles.[157](../../157/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, singing magic songs, Forth from that hut he came And ordered all the tribe To rise and meet the foe, The cruel Mohawk foe, Encamped not far away.[158](../../158/ "tree and pragmatics") So all the Indian braves Embarked in their canoes, Went down one stream, then up Another, paddling soft, Avoiding any sound.[159](../../159/ "tree and pragmatics") At last they saw a smoke Arising far away.[160](../../160/ "tree and pragmatics") Then spake the wizard thus: “Do ye all wait me here And I will go and spy The numbers of the foe, Taking with me but one; Another Indian brave Who hath the magic gift.”[161](../../161/ "tree and pragmatics") These wizards then withdrew Into a thicket’s shade, Whence suddenly emerged In beaver’s guise the one, In muskrat form his friend.[162](../../162/ "tree and pragmatics") When they drew very near The island where the foe, The cruel Iroquois, Were feasting on a moose, The beaver and the rat Dived deep beneath the stream, Causing that sudden plash Which even to this day Makes many a hunter jump.[163](../../163/ "tree and pragmatics") Among the Iroquois Another wizard sat And when he heard the plash Quoth he: “The foe is there, The fierce Abenakis.”[164](../../164/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, grasping in his hand, The legbone of a moose, He flung it straight and far To where the muskrat swam And struck him on the head.[165](../../165/ "tree and pragmatics") The beaver seized his friend And drew him ’neath the stream And held him till he drowned, In order that his pains And struggle for his life Should not alarm the foe.[166](../../166/ "tree and pragmatics") The Iroquois then rose And danced around the fire Thinking in hideous glee Of how when morrow came They’d torture all their foes.[167](../../167/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/) - next →: [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/) - ↑ back to [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/)