a da wa ye . me sga ki a ki| e da wi wa te e .

Leaf, Pearl; Poweshiek, Horace; Thomason, Lucy

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a da wa ye . me sga ki a ki| e da wi wa te e .

Leaf, Pearl;Poweshiek, Horace;Thomason, Lucy

Date: 2011-11-21

Abstract:

This is a winter story about an underwater manitou made of golden metal who kidnaps and later kills a human baby. The manitou is killed by a notably lazy man who later proves to be a thunderer disguised as a human.

Description:

The original manuscript of this story is in the Truman Michelson Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Archives. It was written by Pearl Leaf sometime between 1911 and 1938. The version given here was transcribed, phonemicized, and otherwise edited by Lucy Thomason and translated by Horace Poweshiek and by Lucy Thomason.

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