Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin

Author:Marie L. McLaughlin [McLaughlin, Marie L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781548625160
Google: atqYBbqgDJgC
Amazon: B0083ZG20Q
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chippewas, were killing them off so fast that they had to run for

their lives. I was on the Chippewa side and some of the Sioux were

pressing five of us, and were gaining on us very fast. Coming to

some high grass, I threw myself down flat on my face, and pressed

my stomach close to the ground, so the pursuers could not see me.

They passed me and killed the four I was with. After they had gone

back, I arose and lo! my stomach was as you see it now. So hard

had I pressed to the ground that it would not assume its original

shape again.”

After he had explained the cause of his deformity to them, they

said: “The Turtle is brave. We will bother him no more.” Shortly

after this the Sioux made an attack upon the Chippewas, and every

one deserted the village. The Turtle could not travel as fast as

the rest and was left behind. It being an unusually hot day in the

fall, the Turtle grew very thirsty and sleepy. Finally scenting

water, he crawled towards the point from whence the scent

came, and coming to a large lake jumped in and had a bath, after

which he swam towards the center and dived down, and finding some

fine large rocks at the bottom, he crawled in among them and fell

asleep. He had his sleep out and arose to the top.

Swimming to shore he found it was summer. He had slept all winter.

The birds were singing, and the green grass and leaves gave forth

a sweet odor.

He crawled out and started out looking for the Chippewa camp. He

came upon the camp several days after he had left his winter

quarters, and going around in search of his wife, found her at the

extreme edge of the village. She was nursing her baby, and as he

asked to see it, she showed it to him. When he saw that it was a

lovely baby and did not resemble him in any respect, he got angry

and went off to a large lake, where he contented himself with

catching flies and insects and living on seaweed the remainder of

his life.

THE MAN AND THE OAK

There once lived a Sioux couple who had two children, a boy and a

girl. Every fall this family would move away from the main camp

and take up their winter quarters in a grove of timber some

distance from the principal village. The reason they did this was

that he was a great hunter and where a village was located for the

winter the game was usually very scarce. Therefore, he always

camped by himself in order to have an abundance of game adjacent

to his camp.

All summer he had roamed around following the tribe to wherever

their fancy might take them. During their travels this particular

year there came to the village a strange girl who had no relatives

there. No one seemed very anxious to take her into their

family, so the great hunter’s daughter, taking a fancy to the poor

girl, took her to their home and kept her. She addressed her as

sister, and the parents, on account of their daughter, addressed

her as daughter.

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