Spirit Rock
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frankhj
N 44° 55.074 W 088° 39.041
16T E 369715 N 4975155
Spirit Rock Marker N. of Keshena.
Waymark Code: WM1ZG5
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2007
Views: 66
One night long ago a Menominee Indian dreamed that Manabush, grandson of Ko-Ko-Mas-Say-Sa-Now (the Earth) and part founder of the Mitawin or Medicine Society, invited him to visit the god. With seven of his friends the Indian called on Manabush who granted their request to make them successful hunters. One of the band, however, angered the god by asking for eternal life. Manabush, seizing the warrior by the shoulders, thrust him into the ground and said, "You shall be a stone, thus you will be everlasting". The Menominee say that at night kindly spirits come to lay offerings of tobacco at the rock and that if one looks closely he can see their white veils among the trees. The legend is that when the rock finally crumbles away the race will be extinct.
County: Menominee
Location: Other
MarkerID: 127
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