From the red stone of the quarry With his hand he broke a fragment, Moulded it into a pipe-head, Shaped and fashioned it with figures; From the margin of the river Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, With its dark green leaves upon it; Filled the pipe with bark of willow, With the bark of the red willow; Breathed upon the neighboring forest, Made its great boughs chafe together, Till in flame they burst and kindled; And erect upon the mountains, Gitche Manito, the mighty, Smoked the calumet, the Peace-Pipe, As a signal to the nations.
The author uses repetition when saying "From the red stone of the quarry" . He does this to explain the power that Gitche Manito held within the land he resided. He further expresses this when saying that he forged a peace pipe to unite the fathering tribes. Gitche Manito is a godlike figure who has the ability to take action, and to create peace with those around him.