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Honor be to Mudjekeewis	A
Cried the warriors cried the old men	B
When he came in triumph homeward	C
With the sacred Belt of Wampum	D
From the regions of the North Wind	E
From the kingdom of Wabasso	A
From the land of the White Rabbit	F
He had stolen the Belt of Wampum	D
From the neck of Mishe Mokwa	G
From the Great Bear of the mountains	A
From the terror of the nations	A
As he lay asleep and cumbrous	A
On the summit of the mountains	A
Like a rock with mosses on it	H
Spotted brown and gray with mosses	A
Silently he stole upon him	I
Till the red nails of the monster	J
Almost touched him almost scared him	I
Till the hot breath of his nostrils	A
Warmed the hands of Mudjekeewis	A
As he drew the Belt of Wampum	D
Over the round ears that heard not	K
Over the small eyes that saw not	K
Over the long nose and nostrils	A
The black muffle of the nostrils	A
Out of which the heavy breathing	L
Warmed the hands of Mudjekeewis	A
Then he swung aloft his war club	M
Shouted loud and long his war cry	N
Smote the mighty Mishe Mokwa	G
In the middle of the forehead	O
Right between the eyes he smote him	I
With the heavy blow bewildered	C
Rose the Great Bear of the mountains	A
But his knees beneath him trembled	P
And he whimpered like a woman	Q
As he reeled and staggered forward	C
As he sat upon his haunches	A
And the mighty Mudjekeewis	A
Standing fearlessly before him	I
Taunted him in loud derision	Q
Spake disdainfully in this wise	A
Hark you Bear you are a coward	C
And no Brave as you pretended	R
Else you would not cry and whimper	J
Like a miserable woman	Q
Bear you know our tribes are hostile	S
Long have been at war together	J
Now you find that we are strongest	T
You go sneaking in the forest	T
You go hiding in the mountains	A
Had you conquered me in battle	S
Not a groan would I have uttered	C
But you Bear sit here and whimper	J
And disgrace your tribe by crying	L
Like a wretched Shaugodaya	U
Like a cowardly old woman	Q
Then again he raised his war club	M
Smote again the Mishe Mokwa	G
In the middle of his forehead	O
Broke his skull as ice is broken	Q
When one goes to fish in Winter	J
Thus was slain the Mishe Mokwa	G
He the Great Bear of the mountains	A
He the terror of the nations	A
Honor be to Mudjekeewis	A
With a shout exclaimed the people	S
Honor be to Mudjekeewis	A
Henceforth he shall be the West Wind	E
And hereafter and forever	J
Shall he hold supreme dominion	Q
Over all the winds of heaven	Q
Call him no more Mudjekeewis	A
Call him Kabeyun the West Wind	E
Thus was Mudjekeewis chosen	Q
Father of the Winds of Heaven	Q
For himself he kept the West Wind	E
Gave the others to his children	Q
Unto Wabun gave the East Wind	E
Gave the South to Shawondasee	A
And the North Wind wild and cruel	S
To the fierce Kabibonokka	L
Young and beautiful was Wabun	Q
He it was who brought the morning	L
He it was whose silver arrows	A
Chased the dark o'er hill and valley	V
He it was whose cheeks were painted	R
With the brightest streaks of crimson	Q
And whose voice awoke the village	W
Called the deer and called the hunter	J
Lonely in the sky was Wabun	Q
Though the birds sang gayly to him	I
Though the wild flowers of the meadow	X
Filled the air with odors for him	I
Though the forests and the rivers	A
Sang and shouted at his coming	L
Still his heart was sad within him	I
For he was alone in heaven	Q
But one morning gazing earthward	X
While the village still was sleeping	L
And the fog lay on the river	J
Like a ghost that goes at sunrise	A
He beheld a maiden walking	L
All alone upon a meadow	X
Gathering water flags and rushes	A
By a river in the meadow	X
Every morning gazing earthward	X
Still the first thing he beheld there	Y
Was her blue eyes looking at him	I
Two blue lakes among the rushes	A
And he loved the lonely maiden	Q
Who thus waited for his coming	L
For they both were solitary	V
She on earth and he in heaven	Q
And he wooed her with caresses	A
Wooed her with his smile of sunshine	Q
With his flattering words he wooed her	J
With his sighing and his singing	L
Gentlest whispers in the branches	A
Softest music sweetest odors	A
Till he drew her to his bosom	D
Folded in his robes of crimson	Q
Till into a star he changed her	J
Trembling still upon his bosom	D
And forever in the heavens	A
They are seen together walking	L
Wabun and the Wabun Annung	L
Wabun and the Star of Morning	L
But the fierce Kabibonokka	L
Had his dwelling among icebergs	A
In the everlasting snow drifts	A
In the kingdom of Wabasso	A
In the land of the White Rabbit	X
He it was whose hand in Autumn	D
Painted all the trees with scarlet	X
Stained the leaves with red and yellow	X
He it was who sent the snow flake	L
Sifting hissing through the forest	X
Froze the ponds the lakes the rivers	A
Drove the loon and sea gull southward	X
Drove the cormorant and curlew	X
To their nests of sedge and sea tang	L
In the realms of Shawondasee	A
Once the fierce Kabibonokka	L
Issued from his lodge of snow drifts	A
From his home among the icebergs	A
And his hair with snow besprinkled	X
Streamed behind him like a river	J
Like a black and wintry river	J
As he howled and hurried southward	X
Over frozen lakes and moorlands	A
There among the reeds and rushes	A
Found he Shingebis the diver	J
Trailing strings of fish behind him	I
O'er the frozen fens and moorlands	A
Lingering still among the moorlands	A
Though his tribe had long departed	X
To the land of Shawondasee	A
Cried the fierce Kabibonokka	L
Who is this that dares to brave me	V
Dares to stay in my dominions	A
When the Wawa has departed	X
When the wild goose has gone southward	X
And the heron the Shuh shuh gah	L
Long ago departed southward	X
I will go into his wigwam	Z
I will put his smouldering fire out	X
And at night Kabibonokka	L
To the lodge came wild and wailing	L
Heaped the snow in drifts about it	X
Shouted down into the smoke flue	X
Shook the lodge poles in his fury	V
Flapped the curtain of the door way	G
Shingebis the diver feared not	X
Shingebis the diver cared not	X
Four great logs had he for firewood	X
One for each moon of the winter	J
And for food the fishes served him	I
By his blazing fire he sat there	Y
Warm and merry eating laughing	L
Singing O Kabibonokka	L
You are but my fellow mortal	X
Then Kabibonokka entered	X
And though Shingebis the diver	J
Felt his presence by the coldness	A
Felt his icy breath upon him	I
Still he did not cease his singing	L
Still he did not leave his laughing	L
Only turned the log a little	X
Only made the fire burn brighter	J
Made the sparks fly up the smoke flue	X
From Kabibonokka's forehead	X
From his snow besprinkled tresses	A
Drops of sweat fell fast and heavy	V
Making dints upon the ashes	A
As along the eaves of lodges	A
As from drooping boughs of hemlock	L
Drips the melting snow in spring time	A2
Making hollows in the snow drifts	A
Till at last he rose defeated	X
Could not bear the heat and laughter	J
Could not bear the merry singing	L
But rushed headlong through the door way	G
Stamped upon the crusted snow drifts	A
Stamped upon the lakes and rivers	A
Made the snow upon them harder	J
Made the ice upon them thicker	J
Challenged Shingebis the diver	J
To come forth and wrestle with him	I
To come forth and wrestle naked	X
On the frozen fens and moorlands	A
Forth went Shingebis the diver	J
Wrestled all night with the North Wind	X
Wrestled naked on the moorlands	A
With the fierce Kabibonokka	L
Till his panting breath grew fainter	J
Till his frozen grasp grew feebler	J
Till he reeled and staggered backward	X
And retreated baffled beaten	Q
To the kingdom of Wabasso	A
To the land of the White Rabbit	X
Hearing still the gusty laughter	J
Hearing Shingebis the diver	J
Singing O Kabibonokka	L
You are but my fellow mortal	X
Shawondasee fat and lazy	A
Had his dwelling far to southward	X
In the drowsy dreamy sunshine	Q
In the never ending Summer	J
He it was who sent the wood birds	A
Sent the robin the Opechee	B2
Sent the bluebird the Owaissa	A
Sent the Shawshaw sent the swallow	X
Sent the w	X