Note 19 — Chapter II · MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE OF THE TIMAGAMI OJIBWA.

Still Wemicus did nothing and the family was again in a starving condition. Then said Wemicus, “I have some more sons-in-law and one is close. I will go and see him; he will help me until open water.19 I will go and see Skunk.” So he set out to visit Skunk. Wemicus was pretty hungry and Skunk was farther off than the rest of the sons-in-law, but he finally reached his home. Wemicus found Skunk’s water hole20 and saw a great quantity of oil in it. He knew that Skunk must have killed a great deal of game. So he went into Skunk’s wigwam and saw a great quantity of food. Skunk said, “We don’t have much. It is long since I hunted. But come outside.” There Wemicus saw a piece of ground fenced in. Skunk then produced a little birch bark horn21 and said, “What will you have?” Skunk now blew on his horn and all kinds of game came inside the enclosure. Skunk deinde pepedit and killed whatever kind Wemicus wanted. They then skinned what he killed and fried it for supper.