Post #6

I remember the day…. It was warm out and Wenonah told me she wanted to go out for a walk. I told her it was a bad idea, but she insisted. Eventually I let her go. I was still uneasy, but the day warm and nice and I thought it would be okay. However, as the day went on, she did not return.

The days went on and she was still gone. I had no idea where my dear daughter had gone. I was so upset, so sick with grief. I was crying and was trying to use all of my magic, to get my daughter home. As the time passed, with still no sign of Wenonah, I was beginning to lose hope.

Then on day, Eagle came flying down from the sky. He said to me “Nokomis! Nokomis! The West Wind, he has taken Wenonah! He has taken her and is so mean to her. He locks her up in his house  for days at a time when he leaves to make the wind!” I was absolutely shocked at what I heard, but I was put at a sense of ease at knowing where my daughter has gone.

Eagle told me that he was unable to go down to the West Winds home, because he made the wind too strong to fly through. Eagle could not go down, or else he would be killed.  The west wind is what stood between us and Wenonah, and  is what caused our pain and suffering in the first place. If he had not been selfish, and thought that anything, or anybody was his property, then there would be no story to tell and my daughter would have been safe and sound....

If only.