id her get something else. She
said she had nothing--nothing at all. At last she thought of her hair,
and pulling some of it out of her head, made a string. But he instantly
said it would not answer, and bid her, pettishly, and with authority,
make him a noose. She told him there was nothing to make it of, and
went out of the lodge. She said to herself, when she had got without
the lodge, and while she was all alone, "neow obewy indapin." From my
body, some sinews will I take. This she did, and twisting them into a
tiny cord, she handed it to her brother. The moment he saw this curious
braid, he was delighted. "This will do," he said, and immediately put
it to his mouth and began pulling it through his lips; and as fast as
he drew it changed it into a red metal cord, which he wound around his
body and shoulders, till he had a large quantity. He then prepared
himself, and set out a little after midnight, that he might catch the
sun before it rose. He fixed his snare on a spot just where the sun
would strike the land, as it rose above the earth's disk; and sure
enough, he caught the sun, so that it was held fast in the cord, and
did not rise.

The animals who ruled the earth were immediately put into a great
commotion. They had no light. They called a council to debate upon the
matter, and to appoint some one to go and cut the cord--for this was a
very hazardous enterprise, as the rays of the sun would burn whoever
came so near to them. At last the dormouse undertook it--for at this
time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world. When it stood up
it looked like a mountain. When it got to the place where the sun was
snared, its back began to smoke and burn with the intensity of the
heat, and the top of its carcass was reduced to enormous heaps of
ashes. It succeeded, however, in cutting the cord with its teeth, and
freeing the sun, but it was reduced to a very small size, and has
remained so ever since. Men call it the Kug-e-been-gwa-kwa--the blind
woman.

WA-WA-BE-ZO-WIN,

OR

THE SWING ON THE PICTURED ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

A TRADITION OF THE ODJIBWAS.

There was an old hag of a woman living with her daughter-in-law, and
son, and a little orphan boy, whom she was bringing up. When her
son-in-law came home from hunting, it was his custom to bring his wife
the moose's lip, the kidney of the bear, or some other choice bits of
different animals. These she would cook crisp, so as to make a sound
with