itchee_--great,--_Gumee_--sea or lake,--Lake Superior; also often
called _Ochipwe Gitchee Gumee_, Great lake (or sea) of the Ojibways.

[3] _Ne-me-Shomis_--my grandfather. "In the days of my grandfather" is
the Ojibway's preface to all his traditions and legends.

[4] _Waub_--white--_O-jeeg_--fisher, (a furred animal). White Fisher was
the name of a noted Ojibway chief who lived on the south shore of Lake
Superior many years ago. Schoolcraft married one of his descendants.

[5] _Ma-kwa_ or _mush-kwa_--the bear.

[6] The _Te-ke-nah-gun_ is a board upon one side of which a sort of basket
is fastened or woven with thongs of skin or strips of cloth. In this the
babe is placed and the mother carries it on her back. In the wigwam the
_tekenagun_ is often suspended by a cord to the lodge-poles and the
mother swings her babe in it.

[7] _Wabose_ (or _Wabos_)-the rabbit. _Penay_, the pheasant. At certain
seasons the pheasant drums with his wings.

[8] _Kaug_, the porcupine. _Kenew_, the war-eagle.

[9] _Ka-be-bon-ik-ka_ is the god of storms, thunder, lightning, etc. His
home is on Thunder-Cap at Thunder-Bay, Lake Superior. By his magic the
giant that lies on the mountain was turned to stone. He always sends
warnings before he finally sends the severe cold of winter, in order to
give all creatures time to prepare for it.

[10] _Kewaydin_ or _Kewaytin_, is the North wind or North-west wind.

[11] _Algonkin_ is the general name applied to all tribes that speak the
Ojibway language or dialects of it.

[12] This is the favorite "love-broth" of the Ojibway squaws. The warrior
who drinks it immediately falls desperately in love with the woman who
gives it to him. Various tricks are devised to conceal the nature of the
"medicine" and to induce the warrior to drink it; but when it is mixed
with a liberal quantity of "fire-water" it is considered irresistible.

[13] Translation:

Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!
Great Spirit, behold me!
Look, Father; have pity upon me!
Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!

[14] Snow-storms from the North-west.

[15] The Ojibways, like the Dakotas, call the _Via Lactea_ (Milky Way) the
Pathway of the Spirits.

[16] _Shinge-bis_, the diver, is the only water-fowl that remains about
Lake Superior all winter.

[17] _Waub-ese_--the white swan.

[18] _Pe-boan_, Winter, is represented as an old man with long white hair
and beard.

[19] _Segun_ is Spring (or Summer). This beautiful allegory has been "done
i