The Little One came back with a deerskin full of drink for them; he poured it into their mouths; it was not water; it was like no drink they ever had before. They became very strong and wanted nothing more to eat or to drink for more than one moon.
He led them on a long trail, to the land of his Little People; he took them to his own chief. The chief was like a little papoose, but he knew all the trails in the forest. He knew all the trails in the sky.
The little chief showed the Ojibway chief the star in the north, the star that never moves. The little chief showed them how to watch this star and not lose [[159]]their trail. He found their lost trail for them and sent them home.
The three hunters came back to their own wigwams. They talked in the council and showed their people the star that never moves.
Other nations and tribes know this star now, but the Ojibways believe that their people were the first to know where to find it in the Great Blue Wigwam, and that the Little People were told of its worth when their home was on the Evening Star. [[160]]
XXVII. THE STAR THAT NEVER MOVES
(Algonquin)
n one tribe of the Algonquin Indians the story is told that the North Star is the eye of Keneu, which is their name for eagle. It was also the name of a warrior of their tribe.