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From the Great Bear of the mountains,
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From the terror of the nations,
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As he lay asleep and cumbrous
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On the summit of the mountains,
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Like a rock with mosses on it,
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Spotted brown and gray with mosses.
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Silently he stole upon him
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Till the red nails of the monster
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Almost touched him, almost scared him,
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Till the hot breath of his nostrils
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Warmed the hands of Mudjekeewis,
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As he drew the Belt of Wampum
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Over the round ears, that heard not,
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Over the small eyes, that saw not,
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Over the long nose and nostrils,
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The black muffle of the nostrils,
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Out of which the heavy breathing
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Warmed the hands of Mudjekeewis.
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Then he swung aloft his war-club,
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Shouted loud and long his war-cry,
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Smote the mighty Mishe-Mokwa
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In the middle of the forehead,
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Right between the eyes he smote him.
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With the heavy blow bewildered,
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Rose the Great Bear of the mountains;
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But his knees beneath him trembled,
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And he whimpered like a woman,
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As he reeled and staggered forward,
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As he sat upon his haunches;
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And the mighty Mudjekeewis,
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Standing fearlessly before him,
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Taunted him in loud derision,
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Spake disdainfully in this wise:
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"Hark you, Bear! you are a coward;
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And no Brave, as you pretended;
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Else you would not cry and whimper
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Like a miserable woman!
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Bear! you know our tribes are hostile,
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Long have been at war together;
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Now you find that we are strongest,
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You go sneaking in the forest,
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You go hiding in the mountains!
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Had you conquered me in battle
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Not a groan would I have uttered;
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But you, Bear! sit here and whimper,
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And disgrace your tribe by crying,
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Like a wretched Shaugodaya,
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Like a cowardly old woman!"
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Then again he raised his war-club,
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Smote again the Mishe-Mokwa
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In the middle of his forehead,
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Broke his skull, as ice is broken
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When one goes to fish in Winter.
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Thus was slain the Mishe-Mokwa,
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He the Great Bear of the mountains,
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He the terror of the nations.
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With a shout exclaimed the people,
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Henceforth he shall be the West-Wind,
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And hereafter and forever
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Shall he hold supreme dominion
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Over all the winds of heaven.
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Call him no more Mudjekeewis,
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Thus was Mudjekeewis chosen
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For himself he kept the West-Wind,
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Gave the others to his children;
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Unto Wabun gave the East-Wind,
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And the North-Wind, wild and cruel,
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To the fierce Kabibonokka.
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Young and beautiful was Wabun;
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He it was who brought the morning,
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He it was whose silver arrows
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Chased the dark o'er hill and valley;
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He it was whose cheeks were painted
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With the brightest streaks of crimson,
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And whose voice awoke the village,
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Called the deer, and called the hunter.
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Though the birds sang gayly to him,
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Though the wild-flowers of the meadow
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Filled the air with odors for him;
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Though the forests and the rivers
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Sang and shouted at his coming,
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Still his heart was sad within him,
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For he was alone in heaven.
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But one morning, gazing earthward,
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While the village still was sleeping,
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And the fog lay on the river,
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Like a ghost, that goes at sunrise,
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He beheld a maiden walking
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All alone upon a meadow,
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Gathering water-flags and rushes
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By a river in the meadow.
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Every morning, gazing earthward,
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Still the first thing he beheld there
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Was her blue eyes looking at him,
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Two blue lakes among the rushes.
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And he loved the lonely maiden,
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Who thus waited for his coming;
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For they both were solitary,
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She on earth and he in heaven.
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And he wooed her with caresses,
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