[Footnote 101: Kay-óshk is the Ojibway name of Sea-Gull.]
[Footnote 102: Gitchee--great,--Gumee--sea or lake,--Lake Superior;
also often called Ochipwè Gítchee Gúmee, Great Lake (or sea) of the
Ojibways.]
[Footnote 103: Né-mè-Shómis--my grandfather. "In the days of my
Grandfather" is the Ojibway's preface to all his traditions and
legends.]
[Footnote 104: Waub--white---O-jeeg,--fisher, (a furred animal.) White
Fisher was the name of a noted Chippewa Chief who lived on the south
shore of Lake Superior many years ago. Schoolcraft married one of his
descendants.]
[Footnote 105: Ma-kwâ or mush-kwa--the bear.]
[Footnote 106: The Te-ke-nâh-gun is a board upon one side of which a
sort of basket is fastened or woven with thongs of skin or strips of
cloth. In this the babe is placed, and the mother carries it on her
back. In the wigwam the tekenagun is often suspended by a cord to the
lodge-poles and the mother swings her babe in it.]
[Footnote 107: Wabóse--the rabbit. Penay, the pheasant. At certain
seasons the pheasant drums with his wings.]
[Footnote 108: Kaug, the porcupine. Kenéw. the war-eagle.]
[Footnote 109: Ka-be-bón-ik-ka is the god of storms, thunder, lightning,
etc. His home is on Thunder-Cap at Thunder-Bay, Lake Superior. By his
magic, the giant that lies on the mountain was turned to stone. He
always sends warnings before he finally sends the severe cold of winter,
in order to give all creatures time to prepare for it.]
[Footnote 1010: Kewaydin or Kewaytin, is the North-wind or North-west
wind.]
[Footnote 1011: Algónkin is the general name applied to all tribes that
speak the Ojibway language or dialects of it.]
[Footnote 1012: This is the favorite "love-broth" of the Ojibway squaws.
The warrior who drinks it immediately falls desperately in love with
the woman who gives it to him. Various tricks are devised to conceal the
nature of the "medicine" and to induce the warrior to drink it; but when
it is mixed with a liberal quantity of "fire-water" it is considered
irresistable.]
[Footnote 1013: Translation:
Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!
Great Spirit, behold me!
Look, Father; have pity upon me!
Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!]
[Footnote 1014: Snow-storms from the North-west.]
[Footnote 1015: The Ojibways, like the Dakotas, call the _Via Lactea_
(Milky Way) the Pathway of the Spirits.]
[Footnote 1016: Shingebis, the diver, is the only water-fowl that
remains about Lake Superior all winter. See Schoolcraft's Hiawatha
Legends, p. 113.]
[Footnote 1017: Waub-ésè--the white swan.]
[Footnote 1018: Pé-boân, Winter, is represented as an old man with long
white hair and beard.]
[Footnote 1019: Se-gún is Spring or Summer. This beautiful allegory has
been "done into verse" by Longfellow in _Hiawatha_. I took my version
from the lips of an old Chippewa Chief. I have compared it with
Schoolcraft's version, from which Mr. Longfellow evidently took his.]
[Footnote 1020: Nah--look, see. Nashké--behold.]
[Footnote 1021: Kee-zis--the sun,--the father of life. Waubúnong--or
Waub-ó-nong--is the White Land or Land of Light,--the Sun-rise, the
East.]
[Footnote 1022: The Bridge of Stars spans the vast sea of the skies, and
the sun and moon walk over on it.]
[Footnote 1023: The Miscodeed is a small white flower with a pink
border. It is the earliestblooming wild-flower on the shores of Lake
Superior, and belongs to the crocus family.]
[Footnote 1024: The Ne-be-naw-baigs, are Water-spirits; they dwell in
caverns in the depths of the lake, and in some respects resemble the
Unktéhees of the Dakotas.]
[Footnote 1025: Ogema, Chief,--Ogema-kwa--female Chief. Among the
Algonkin tribes women are sometimes made chiefs. Net-nó-kwa, who
adopted Tanner as her son, was Oge-mâ-kwa of a band of Ottawas. See John
Tanner's Narrative, p. 36.]
[Footnote 1026: The "Bridge of Souls" leads from the earth over dark and
stormy waters to the Spirit-land. The "Dark River" seems to have been a
part of the superstition of all nations.]
[Footnote 1027: The Jossakeeds of the Ojibways are sooth-sayers who are
able, by the aid of spirits, to read the past as well as the future.]