 | abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg - Delaware Indians - 1868 - 492 pages
...powerful snake Maskanako, when the men had become bad beings Makowini. 2. This strong snake had become Ihe foe of the Jins, and they became troubled, hating...other. 3. Both were fighting, both were spoiling, boIh were never peaceful. (1) Compare these words with Ihe above mcinioned mexican traditions. (2)... | |
 | Daniel Garrison Brinton - Algonquian Indians - 1885 - 340 pages
...elendam signify a disposition of mind, the root being again the subjective «, ego. Raf. translates: "This strong snake had become the foe of the Jins, and they became troubled, hating each other." 3. Palliton, from fafli, elsewhere (from what was intended), hence "to spoil something, to do it wrong,"... | |
 | Peter De Roo - America - 1900 - 690 pages
...1. There was, long ago, a powerful snake, Maskanako, when the men had become bad beings, Makowini. 2. This strong snake had become the foe of the Jins,...both were never peaceful. 4. And they were fighting, least-man, Mattapewi, with deadkeeper, Nihanlowit. 5. And the strong snake readily resolved to destroy... | |
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This strong snake had become the foe of the Jins, and they became troubled, hating each other. 