From Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Wild Rice Tied in Bunches or Sheaves.
From Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Wild Rice Kernels after Threshing and Winnowing.
Again Wenibojó left Nokomis. With his bow and arrow he wandered far into the forest. Then some little bushes spoke as he walked. “Sometimes they eat us,” they said. Wenibojó made no answer. Again the bushes spoke, “Sometimes they eat us.”
“Who are you talking to?” he asked.
“To Wenibojó,” they said. So he bent down and dug up the bushes by the roots. The roots were long, like an arrow. They were good to eat, but Wenibojó had fasted too long.
After a while, Wenibojó wandered on. He was very hungry. Many bushes spoke to him. Many said, “Sometimes they eat us,” but he made no answer.