Another story about creation. This story started a bit
similar like my story called “Tangy’s Creation” with the creation of water and
fish. Most of the story centers around the Creator focusing more on the humans
than any other animal. The Creator taught men many new things and gave them
many tools to use for survival. He also made women and taught them to cook and
sew. It was kind of funny when the Creator created tobacco just so that the
humans could calm down.
This was an interesting story of how the Menomini people
called their thieving neighbors Winnebago. The Manabush persuaded birds to come
back and sing with him while he played music. However, Manabush only did this
so that he could grab and kill the birds to eat. He buried the birds and made a
fire to cook them. Before Manabush went to sleep, he told his thigh to watch
over the food. Indians came by and took the cooked birds and ran away. Manabush
woke up and saw the Indians and called out “Winnebago! Winnebago!” Such an
interesting story about how Menomini people call their thieving neighbors.
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| A field of tobacco plants |
Native Americans have a lot of origin stories. This origin
story of how tobacco and grasshoppers came to be was quite interesting.
Manabush goes up to a mountain where a giant keeps loads of tobacco. The giant
tells Manabush to come back in a year for tobacco but Manabush sees many packs
of tobacco and takes one. The chase begins and the giant leaps over Manabush
falling into a chasm. Manabush then curses the giant and turns him into a
grasshopper who are pests that eat tobacco.
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