The people in his village did not know him. He asked for his wife, and they pointed to an old squaw, wrinkled and with her face bent to her knees. She knew him and pointed to his hair.
“Tamanous,” he said.
“There is the little papoose,” she said. The papoose was a man with white hair.
“He is your son and my son,” said the old squaw.
The hunter looked in the water. “I have slept for many moons,” he said.
He became a great medicine man, for he was wise. He taught the Siwash nation many things. He taught them to keep their promises. He told them not to forget the Great Tamanous whose home is on the white mountain. [[200]]
XXXIX. LEGEND OF THE WAMPUM-BIRD AND THE BOY
(Iroquois)