The white canoe, and other legends of the Ojibways . lowing the tracksof the enchanted moccasins, never pausing, neverstraying, crossing mountains, through the valleys,over marsh and over fenland, straight to the endsof the world, to the Kingdom of Mud-je-ke-wis. 8o The White Canoe THE JOURNEY OF I. OOAN-GE-TA-HA was a mighty hunter.^^ His lodge was on the border of the Ku-ha-go, the Great Forest, and there he Uved withhis wife, Yong-we, and their two children. Theeldest of these, O-me-me, was a little girl just oldenough to keep the wigwam fire burning and takecare of her brot
The white canoe, and other legends of the Ojibways . lowing the tracksof the enchanted moccasins, never pausing, neverstraying, crossing mountains, through the valleys,over marsh and over fenland, straight to the endsof the world, to the Kingdom of Mud-je-ke-wis. 8o The White Canoe THE JOURNEY OF I. OOAN-GE-TA-HA was a mighty hunter.^^ His lodge was on the border of the Ku-ha-go, the Great Forest, and there he Uved withhis wife, Yong-we, and their two children. Theeldest of these, O-me-me, was a little girl just oldenough to keep the wigwam fire burning and takecare of her brother A-meek, the Little Beaver. There were bear and moose in the forest, pikeand sturgeon in the streams, and on the lakes andmarshlands water-fowl in abundance. Soan-ge-ta-ha and his family were prosperous and tribes were at peace and there was plenty inthe land. Soan-ge-ta-ha wore the warmest, brightestblankets of any Ojibway in all the North Coun-try. His war-gearing was rich with wampum andporcupine quills, and the garments of his wife. JOURNEY OF O^ME-ME And Other Legends 8i and children were of softest, whitest moose of the lodge was a field of corn, where,during the Summer, the glossy blades glistenedin the sun, and where swelling ears burst thebrowning husks of Autumn. Along the streamsgrew the wild rice, and many baskets Yong-webraided to hold the stores the Autumn harvestwould bring. The coming Winter found themwith warm furs in the wigwam, and fish andmeat in store. The bow of Soan-ge-ta-ha was made of ash-wood and strung with rawhide. His oaken ar-rows were tipped with jasper, and every beast ofthe forest had heard the twang of his bow-stringand felt the sting of his arrows. Soan-ge-ta-ha comes! the Wau-bos, the rab-bit cried, as she fled trembling to cover, when themighty hunter went forth with arrows in hisquiver. Soan-ge-ta-ha comes! the O-kwa-ho, thewolf, snarled as he skulked into the darkest re-cesses of the forest. The Me-sha-way, the elk,c
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