He himself sent forth the east wind from his home at the sun-rising; but he appointed an owl to create the north wind, which blows from the realms of darkness and cold; while that which is wafted from the sunny south is sent by the butterfly.[1] [Footnote 1: H.R.Schoolcraft, _Algic Researches_, Vol.

i, p.216.

_Indian Tribes_, Vol.

v, p.

420.] Michabo was thus at times the god of light, at others of the winds, and as these are the rain-bringers, he was also at times spoken of as the god of waters.