“My friends, why is it you have come so long a journey to see me? What is it you wish?”
All but one answered, at once: “Manabush, we wish some hunting medicine; thus we may supply our people with much food.”
“You shall have it,” said Manabush. Then he turned to the silent one. He asked, “What do you wish?”
The Indian replied, “I wish no hunting medicine. I wish to live forever.”
Manabush rose and went towards the Indian. He took him by the shoulders and carried him to his sleeping place. He set him down, and said:
“You shall be a stone. Thus you shall be everlasting.”
Immediately the other Indians arose and went down to the shore. In their canoes they returned to their own land. It is from these seven who returned that we know of the abode of Manabush.
PEBOAN AND SEEGWAN
Ojibwa