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close, when he, one day, invited his father to accompany him
through the woods to the retired spot where he had undergone
his fast. On reaching this place they saw, where the lodge had
stood, a tall and graceful plant. Long, green leaves waved on
each side of it, and from its top hung a plume of yellow, silken
hair. Golden clusters of grain were revealed on the stalk. The
whole waved in the gentle, warm breeze with a indescribable
grace.

"It is my friend, come to life again," shouted the lad. "It is
Mondamin--it is the Spirit's grain, 2 --the gift of the Great Spirit
to mankind."


Notes
1. James Adair, The History of the American Indians:Particularly Those
Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South
and North Carolina . . . ( London: E. and C. Dilly, 1775), [Schoolcraft's note].
2. Such is the meaning of Mondámin, the Algonquin name for Indian corn
[Schoolcraft's note].

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