Manito

Po spoke in Spanish, knowing Mike would not understand all she was saying but that he would understand the sentiments whenever she used the word manito. ❋ DOUG MAGEE (2010)

A spirit called the manito always watches over the Indians. ❋ Florence Holbrook (1896)

In those days the Indians believed that a good spirit, called the manito, watched over them, and guided them, and kept them from harm. ❋ Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918)

There was a grove of pines in that vicinity called the manito wac, or Spirit wood, into which they might be seen to flee, on the approach of evening, and there is a romantic little lake on those elevated sand-hills, not far back from the Great Lake, on the shores of which their tracks could be plainly seen in the sand. ❋ Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1828)

He calls himself a "manito," as those from New Mexico do. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Flexi, in short, curly hair and a camo fleece, immediately begins referring to me as manito, shorthand for little brother. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

In that moment, manito, we were ready to give our lives for that land. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

Ojalá en serio esté interesado en nuestro caso, y pueda darnos una manito para organizar las cosas en el país. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The manito was strong, but Pauppukkeewis soon found he could master him. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The manito was afraid of him, but said to his guest -- ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Tell me no more lies, bad manito, lest I punish you. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Now he would give him a kick, now a push, now a trip, till the manito was quite exhausted. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Next day he returned to the mainland, and, while wandering along the shore, he encountered a more powerful manito than himself, named ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

As he came near, the manito of the rock opened his door and told him to come in. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

He immediately recognised this bird to be the same as he had once dreamt of in his youth -- the one he had chosen as his guardian spirit, or personal manito. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)