[26] Ka-be-bon-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.
[27] Kewâydin, or Kewâytin, is the North wind or Northwest wind.
[28] Algónkin is the general name applied to all tribes that speak the Ojibway language or dialects of it.
[29] 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 irresistible.
Translation: Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!
Great Spirit, behold me!
Look, Father; have pity upon me!
Woe-is-me! Woe-is-me!
[31] Snow-storms from the Northwest.
[32] The Ojibways, like the Dakotas, call the Via Lactea (Milky Way) the Pathway of the Spirits.
[33] Shinge-bis, the diver, is the only water-fowl that remains about Lake Superior all winter.
[34] Waub-ésè—the white swan.