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captivity within its bowels. There was among the
Minnatarees a very big and fat old woman, who was heavier than any six of her
nation. Nothing would do but she must go up before certain of her neighbors.
Away she clambered, but her weight was so great, that the vine broke with it;
and the opening; to which it afforded the sole means of ascending, closed upon
her and the rest of the nation.
“Other
tribes fared better: in particular the beasts. The tortoise -- who always took
the lead, because he was descended from the Great Tortoise who bears the world
on his back, and can live both on land and in the-water -- very easily crept
out, but the Monseys or Wolves, who dwelt under
“He soon
caught a deer, which he carried down to the tribe, who found it so sweet that
they redoubled their exertions to reach the spot where such good things were to
be had, and fortunately soon reached it in the company of the Turkeys, whom
they overtook on the way. The Mengwe crept out of the same hole, but it was a
long while afterwards..."
"...When
the Minnatarees arrived in the upper air, they established themselves on the
spot where they now reside..."
(Note: The
book also states that the Paukunnawkuts, the
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On page 60 of Sheila Moon's book "A MAGIC
DWELLS", we find the following
"...In
one version of the
