rk, and seems to imply a tangled
thready mass, and was perhaps transferred in allusion to a ship's
ropes.

[95] Wewaquonidjig, a term early and extensively applied to white
men, by our Indians, and still frequently used.

[96] Odawbon comprehends all vehicles between a dog train and a
coach, whether on wheels or runners. The term is nearest allied
to vehicle.

[97] Massive silver.

[98] My father.

[99] A rattle.

[100] A hard primitive stone, frequently found along the borders
of the lakes and watercourses, generally fretted into image
shapes. Hardness and indestructibility are regarded as its
characteristics by the Indians. It is often granite.

[101] This computation of time separates the day into four
portions of six hours each--two of which, from 1 to 6, and from 6
to 12 A.M. compose the _morning_, and the other two, from 1 to 6,
and from 6 to 12 P.M. compose the _evening_.

[102] This is a verbal form, plural number, of the transitive
adjective--foolish.

[103] Midday, or middle line.

THE ENCHANTED MOCCASINS.

ODJIBWA.

There once lived a little boy, all alone with his sister, in a very
wild uninhabitable country. They saw nothing but beasts, and birds, the
sky above them, and the earth beneath them. But there were no human
beings besides themselves. The boy often retired to think, in lone
places, and the opinion was formed that he had supernatural powers. It
was supposed that he would perform some extraordinary exploits, and he
was called Onwe Bahmondoong, or he that carries a ball on his back. As
he grew up he was impatient to know whether there were other beings
near them: she replied, that there was, but they lived in a remote
distance. There was a large village of hunters and warriors. Being now
well grown, he determined to seek his fortune, and asked her to make
him several pairs of moccasins to last him on the journey. With this
request she complied. Then taking his bow and arrows, and his war-club,
and a little sack containing his _nawappo_, or travelling victuals, he
immediately set out on his journey. He travelled on, not knowing
exactly where he went. Hills, plains, trees, rocks, forests, meadows,
spread before him. Sometimes he killed an animal, sometimes a bird. The
deer often started in his path. He saw the fox, the bear, and the
ground-hog. The eagle