1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑5Fire drill.↑6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑11The medicine people always do that now.↑12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑23Magic.↑24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑34Archaic form.↑35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑37Conjurer’s magic.↑38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑40One of the ranks of shamans.↑41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑42A cannibal monster.↑43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑48Thongs of rawhide.↑
1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑5Fire drill.↑6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑11The medicine people always do that now.↑12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑23Magic.↑24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑34Archaic form.↑35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑37Conjurer’s magic.↑38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑40One of the ranks of shamans.↑41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑42A cannibal monster.↑43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑48Thongs of rawhide.↑
1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑5Fire drill.↑6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑11The medicine people always do that now.↑12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑23Magic.↑24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑34Archaic form.↑35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑37Conjurer’s magic.↑38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑40One of the ranks of shamans.↑41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑42A cannibal monster.↑43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑48Thongs of rawhide.↑
1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑5Fire drill.↑6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑11The medicine people always do that now.↑12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑23Magic.↑24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑34Archaic form.↑35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑37Conjurer’s magic.↑38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑40One of the ranks of shamans.↑41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑42A cannibal monster.↑43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑48Thongs of rawhide.↑
1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑
1This is the version of the Kingfisher clan of the Timagami band.↑
2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑
2This refers to the old custom of seclusion during puberty.↑
3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑
3By doing so she became pregnant. Magical conception occurs in the culture-hero story of the Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Yuchi tribes.↑
4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑
4An episode strikingly similar to one found among the Penobscot and other Eastern Algonkians.↑
5Fire drill.↑
5Fire drill.↑
6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑
6Onomapoetic term in diminutive.↑
7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑
7Rock-tripe, an edible fungus made into soup and eaten in time of famine. Nenebuc had this experience on a ledge near the eastern shore of Smoothwater lake (see map).↑
8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑
8This big snake became a high rocky ridge on the portage south of Smoothwater lake (see map above referred to).↑
9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑
9The lake is Smoothwater lake,Cųcawa′gami“smooth lake” (see map above referred to). This is the scene of the world transformation.↑
10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑
10The cave is in a high bluff on the west shore of Smoothwater lake. On the eastern shore is where Nenebuc fell down the rocks and made wa′kwan.↑
11The medicine people always do that now.↑
11The medicine people always do that now.↑
12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑
12Abi·ndəsa′gan“something to sit or lie on the water with.” The event occurred near the previously mentioned cave.↑
13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑
13This is calledKoko‵kowikwe·‵tuɔk“Owl bay,” now known as Kokoko bay, the northeastern arm of Lake Timagami (see map). The event occurred on the western shore of the bay.↑
14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑
14This fragment has probably come from some neighbouring band of Ojibwa, possibly Mattagami.↑
15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑
15This is a fragment of the culture-hero cycle of the Mattagami band of Ojibwa, which has become known among the Timagami people, but does not form a part of their own version.↑
16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑
16Every wigwam has horizontal poles crossing near the smoke hole. This is a drying rack and support for the pot hook.↑
17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑
17The Ojibwaformerlycooked in stone vessels as well as in birch bark.↑
18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑
18A very scarce animal in northern Ontario.↑
19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑
19The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places.↑
20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑
20An opening in the ice near the camp for the supply of water in winter.↑
21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑
21An affair resembling a megaphone or moose call.↑
22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑
22By doing this he would prevent them from travelling and cause them to freeze or starve to death.↑
23Magic.↑
23Magic.↑
24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑
24The hole is a circle composed of seven stars (Pleiades). This was the firstmite′winor “conjuring” lodge. Seven poles are necessary to build this lodge. Unless seven are used, the conjurer’s tent will not rock. The old woman tends themite′win. When she moves from the hole, there is sure to be mite′win somewhere here below. The stars form the rim of the hole through which she lowered the two girls.↑
25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑
25Etiam hodie castor saepe pedit.↑
26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑
26Kcki·′man, a magic fetish which will secure the owner his wish.↑
27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑
27Also calledMici·′ci·ga‵k“Monster Skunk”.↑
28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑
28In winter-time, the Indians keep a hole chopped through the ice near their camp for the water supply.↑
29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑
29If he had obeyed her and not looked until the third day, she would still have been there.↑
30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑
30It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.↑
31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑
31The constellation Ursa Major is calledwətci·′gan·αŋg“Fishing Star.” The story accounts for this constellation name.↑
32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑
32This is the bend in the handle of the Great Dipper. The small star Alcor in this constellation is the wound.↑
33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑
33Night lines are set for lake fish. The hook of bone formerly was fastened into a shank of wood and this tied to a line by a leather leader which the teeth of the fish could not sever. Then the line was fastened to another line adjoining the two float sticks by a knot and wrapping, which would pay out after a little jerk. The float sticks were anchored by a stone. The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. This ingenious device is shown inFigure 1. As the story mentions, when the float sticks are together it is a sign that a fish is on the hook.↑
34Archaic form.↑
34Archaic form.↑
35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑
35To drive beaver is to hunt them by driving them from their cabins beneath the ice.↑
36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑
36At this time Lynxtestes habuitjust like those of animals, but now they are like those of the cat, invisible.↑
37Conjurer’s magic.↑
37Conjurer’s magic.↑
38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑
38They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. This story explains the ceremonial treatment of beaver remains.↑
39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑
39This intestine sausage is a great delicacy among the Indians.↑
40One of the ranks of shamans.↑
40One of the ranks of shamans.↑
41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑
41Mi·te‵ʻkwe, “medicine woman”.↑
42A cannibal monster.↑
42A cannibal monster.↑
43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑
43Gitcikwe′we intended to assume this guise.↑
44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑
44Seven poles are always required for this kind of a wigwam. See story of Ciŋgibis.↑
45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑
45The usual procedure of the conjurer.↑
46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑
46This is related as a true story. One of Gitcikwe′we’s daughters is still living in the Timagami band; she is known asPi·dje′ʻkwe.↑
47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑
47Quoted verbatim from Chief Aleck Paul.↑
48Thongs of rawhide.↑
48Thongs of rawhide.↑