"You," said he to Paup-Puk-Keewiss, "shall not be again permitted to live on the earth. I will give you the shape of the war-eagle, and you will be the chief of all fowls, and your duty shall be to watch over their destinies."
FOOTNOTES:
[59] This word appears to be derived from the same root as Paup-puk-ke-nay, a grasshopper, the inflection iss making it personal. The Indian idea is that of harum scarum. He is regarded as a foil to Manabozho, with whom he is frequently brought in contact in aboriginal story craft.
[60] This is an official who bears the pipe for the ruling chief, and as an inferior dignity in councils.
[61] This is a studied perversion of the interjection Ho. In another instance [vide Waasamo] it is rendered Hoke.
[62] We may mention, for the youth who may read these tales, that beavers live by gnawing the bark of trees.
[63] Mats.
[64] A species of lightning