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K.DavieLittle,Brown and CompanyBoston New York Toronto London  \nBR  \nAL B  \nE99  \nC6  \nE72  \n1988  \nAlso by Barbara Juster Esbensen and Helen K.Davie:fadder to the Jky  \n# Author's Note\n\nIn their own language,the Ojibway,or Chippewa people,are known asAnishinabe—\"original people.\"Because their culture and language are based onstories told,not written down,there are often different versions of the same tale.The one Iam telling here is based on the 1850 work by the Ojibway chiefKah-ge-ga-gah-bowh,who later took the name George Copway.In 1850 he wrotea book setting down Ojibway history,customs,and legends because he wasafraid this valuable information would one day disappear entirely.  \n—B.J.E.  \nText copyright 1988 by Barbara Juster EsbensenIllustrations copyright ◎1988by Helen K.DavieAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced inany form or by any electronic or mechanical meansincludinginformation storage and retrieval systems,without permissionin writing from the publisher,except by a reviewer who mayquote brief passages in a review  \n# First Edition\n\nThe Star Maiden is a retelling of“The Star and the Lily”from The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches ofthe Ojibway Nation  \nby George Copway,Chief of the Ojibway Nation(London:Charles Gilpin,Publishers,1850).  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataEsbensen,Barbara Juster.  \nThe star maiden.ISBN0-316-24951-3(hc)ISBN0-316-24955-6(pb)  \n1.Chippewa Indians—Legends.2.Indians of NorthAmerica—Legends.I.Davie,Helen.II.Title.E99.C6E721988398.2'6'0899787-3247  \nHC:1098765  \nPB:10  \nWOR  \nDesigned by Trisha Hanlon  \nPublished simultaneously in Canadaby Little,Brown&Company (Canada)Limited  \nPrinted in the United Statesof America  \nTLincoln,Katie,Benjamin,TJ,Peter,Tiia,Erin,and Emilywith love,Granna  \nB.J.E.and forDavid,for his insight,support,and vision  \nH.K.D.  \nOnce there was a time,long,long ago,  \nwhen all the tribes in the landlived in peace.  \nThere were no wars among them.Summer was always in the air.The streams were clear and pure,and filled with fish.  \nBird-song rang from every treeand the earth was richwith everything the people needed.  \nAll day long,they hunted  \nand fished.They gathered fruits  \nand nuts.They made birchbark canoesto carry them lightlyalong rivers and across the wide lakes.  \nBut at night,when work was done,the people loved to watch the sky.They loved to see the silver diskof the moon climb the darkness.They loved to watch the starsflicker their icy fire.  \nOne night  \nwhen the sky above the prairie  \nwas glittering with starlight,  \nthey saw something new.  \nIt was the brightest staranyone had ever seen.  \nAs they watched,it began to move.It fell almost to earth!  \nThen it stopped.They could see ithanging like a white blazenear the top of a faraway hill.  \nWhat could this mean?They wonderedand they watched night after night.  \nIt never moved from the hilltop.Days went by.  \nAt last the great 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