. Kitchi-Gami : wanderings round Lake Superior. V ¥. No. 4. Voila laigle, ou le migissi, qui seleve pourprendre son air. No. 5. That is the great kiniou, which the Voy-ageurs call le quiliou (the celebrated war-eagle, fromwhich the Indians derive their handsomest war-orna-ment). Descending from the heavens, he bringswith him the fine weather. And next to the kiniou will be seen, at the top ofthe fir-tree, the piskiniou, which the Voyageurs callthe quiliou batard. These are the two birds whichfly the highest in our land, and are nearly always inthe uppermost clouds. No. 7 is the hopping crane,
. Kitchi-Gami : wanderings round Lake Superior. V ¥. No. 4. Voila laigle, ou le migissi, qui seleve pourprendre son air. No. 5. That is the great kiniou, which the Voy-ageurs call le quiliou (the celebrated war-eagle, fromwhich the Indians derive their handsomest war-orna-ment). Descending from the heavens, he bringswith him the fine weather. And next to the kiniou will be seen, at the top ofthe fir-tree, the piskiniou, which the Voyageurs callthe quiliou batard. These are the two birds whichfly the highest in our land, and are nearly always inthe uppermost clouds. No. 7 is the hopping crane, the adjijag, whicharrives the last, and brings the summer with it. THE GREAT STAR. 399 No. 8. Cest le chefre du beau temps. He bran-dishes a knife, and is adorned with numerous wam-pum necklaces and a belt, and summons the birdsand the spring. I say that in this song something may be recognisedbearing a resemblance to a song of spring, or a poemon the arrival of the birds. In the soaring eagle andthe descending kiniou some pastoral allusions mayals
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