The woman brought the water. He told her to put it in the kettle and
hang the kettle over the fire. When the water was boiling very fast,
the husband upset the kettle, and instead of water, out came wild
rice! So Ictinike ate the wild rice.
When Ictinike departed he left his tobacco pouch, as before. Then
Muskrat called one of his children, and said, "Take that to him. Do
not go near him! Throw it to him when you are a great distance from
him, as he is always very talkative."
So the child took the tobacco pouch to return it to Ictinike. When he
was about to throw it to him, he said, "Come closer! Come closer!"
When the child took the pouch closer, Ictinike said, "Tell your
father he is to visit me."
When the young Muskrat reached home, he said, "Oh, father, he said
that you were to visit him." Muskrat replied, "As I feared that very
thing, I said to you, 'Throw it to him while standing at a great
distance from him.'"
Then Muskrat went to see Ictinike. And Ictinike said to his wife,
"Fetch water." The woman went after water. She filled the kettle and
hung it over the fire until it boiled. When Ictinike upset the kettle,
only water came out. Ictinike wished to do just as Muskrat had done,
but he was unable. Then Muskrat had the kettle refilled, and when the
water boiled he upset it, and an abundance of wild rice was there,
which he gave to Ictinike. Thereupon Muskrat departed, leaving plenty
of wild rice.
On another day, Ictinike said to his wife, "I am going to see your
grandfather, Kingfisher." When he arrived there, Kingfisher stepped on
a bough of a large white willow, bending it down so far that it was
horizontal; and he dived from it into the water. He came up with a
fish, which he gave to Ictinike to eat. And as Ictinike was starting
home, he left one of his gloves, pretending he had forgotten it. So
Kingfisher directed one of his boys to take the glove and restore it
to the owner. But he charged the boy not to go near him, as Ictinike
was very talkative and might detain him too long. Just as the boy was
about to throw the glove, Ictinike called, "Come closer! Come closer!"
So the boy carried the glove closer. And Ictinike said, "Tell your
father that he is to visit me."
The boy said to his father, when he reached home, "Oh, father, he said
you were to visit him." Kingfisher replied, "As I feared that very
thing, I said 'Throw it to him while you stand at a great distance
from him.'"
Then Kingfisher went to see Ictinike. When he arrived there, the host
climbed upon a bough of a large white willow, bending it until it was
horizontal. Then he leaped from it and plunged into the water. It was
with great difficulty that Kingfisher seized him and brought him to
land. Ictinike had swallowed more of the water than he liked. Then
Kingfisher plunged into the stream, brought up a fish, which he gave
to Ictinike. But Kingfisher departed without eating any portion of it.
[Notes: OMAHA ASSAULT ON A DAKOTA VILLAGE
(Indian drawing)
_The single tepee represents the Dakota village; the single horseman,
covered by a shield, and hanging behind his horse's neck in a
characteristic way, represents the attacking Omahas. Bullets are
flying, the direction indicated by the head._]
[Illustration: _Enlarged from a sketch in Report of the Bureau of
Ethnology_]
[Illustration: "KILLED TEN MEN AND THREE WOMEN"
An Indian drawing with striking similarity to Egyptian drawing.
_Enlarged from a sketch in Report of the Bureau of Ethnology_]