Notes on the Fox Indians

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ID7839212
AuthorsWilliam Jones (0000-0002-5257-2727)
Year1911
Volume24
Issue92
Pages209
Publication date1911-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/534363
OpenAlexW2331155345
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Wisa'kd and Creation of the Earth. Wisa'kaa now lives far off in a place where it is always winter. It is so far away that nobody can go there. Once on a time long ago he lived here on earth, he and his younger brother. At that time the manitous became angered against the brothers, and met in council to devise means how they should best do to kill them. They succeeded in killing the younger brother, but with Wisa'ka they could not accomplish their purpose. First they tried fire, and then they used water. They searched for him everywhere; they made a great roar and a din as they moved in their search. The water drove him to flight upon a high mountain. He had to climb a tall pine on top of the mountain. From thence he took to a canoe which slid off the top of the pine, and about over the water he went a-paddling. A turtle-dove fetched him some twigs, and a muskrat brought him up some mud. With the mud he made a small ball, and into the ball he stuck the twigs. He flung them together into the water. The ball grew so fast that the water straightway subsided. The earth we now live upon was from the little mud ball which Wisa'kia flung into the water. Six Men visit Wisa'~kt. Once on a time six men set out to visit Wisa'kda in his lodge at the north. The journey was far, and full of toil. On the way they had to pass over the place where the sun goes down. It was an abyss, and not easy to pass. They watched the mouth close and open; back it closed and opened again. Five men stepped safely across when it closed; but one lost his footing, and fell in

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