SOME MILD SPOILERS FOR MI!
* Gitchi Manitou creates the first Manitou Island (MI-1--predecessor to the Manitou Island in MI, RTMI, and EFMI).
* MI-1 populated by little folk, Nebanaubae, manitous, old Wendigoes, etc.
* Gitchi Manitou takes away most of the old Wendigoes' power, changing them into Wendigo GeeBees.
* Geezhigo-Quae takes over guardianship of MI-1.
* Geezhigo-Quae's dispute with Megissogwun; Megissogwun calls the Mishupishus to destroy MI-1.
* Animiki fight the Mishupishus unsuccessfully; MI-1 flooded and destroyed.
* Geezhigo-Quae sends Animiki to find the Four Winds to fight Megissogwun; West Wind, Kabeyun, defeats him.
* Geezhigo-Quae sends various animals to retrieve a bit of soil from MI-1; the muskrat succeeds.
* Geezhigo-Quae spreads the soil atop a snapping turtle; it forms into the second Manitou Island (MI-2--the Manitou Island of MI, RTMI, and EFMI).
* MI-2 inhabited by the same beings as before, except Wendigo GeeBees, which have been turned into dust.
* Michinimakinong, descendants of Geezhigo-Quae, settle MI-2.
* Gitchi Manitou (according to legend) creates Ocryx and Ocryana to guard over MI-2. Their lives are intertwined with the new Island so if either dies, the Island dies, and vice-versa.
* Guardianship of Ocryx and Ocryana over MI-2.
* Falling out between Ocryx and Ocryana; the two curse each other with the "Ocryx" (wolf demon) form, losing their manitou status.
* Gitchi Manitou intervenes, placing Ocryx deep under Devil's Lake and Ocryana in a cave in MI-2's interior, both in a deep sleep.
* Michinimakinong now the main protectors of MI-2.
* Arrival of first humans upon MI-2--Late Woodland/proto-Ojibwa Indians from the mainland, arriving by mistake.
* Early humans "trapped" on MI-2; more gradually arrive and start settling.
* Contact between Michinimakinong and early humans.
* Attempts at peace between Michinimakinong and humans fails; fighting breaks out.
* Michinimakinong depart MI-2 through the Fairy Arch, which is then broken.
(NOTE: Sometime around this period--between the times of Michinimakinong and human supremacy--is likely the birth and growth of Manabozho and his brothers, and the death of Chakenapok (and his subsequent "possession" by Malsum). I cannot place this at a specific spot in the history at this time.)
* Several old manitous and allies of the Michinimakinong accept changed form as Shadow Wolves and resume watching over MI-2 from hiding.
* Growth of human settlements as humans now take over as dominant beings on MI-2. Various camps spread across south and east parts of the Island.
* Ocryx freed from Devil's Lake by Stick-In-The-Dirt; destruction of Stick's first tribe.
* Ocryx resurrects Devil's Lake and takes over a tribe of manitous, changing them into Mitchi Manitou and the lake manitous.
* GeeBees resurrected from water mixing with the dust of Devil's Kitchen.
* Ocryana freed from cave by a human whom she then kills.
* (Tentative) Augwak seizes control of the GeeBees.
* (Tentative) Temporary union of Ocryx and Sooleawa Chepi; Chepi is cast out from Michinimakinong society and given the Windwalkers.
(NOTE: I'm assuming the Windwalkers, as Wendigoes, were resurrected along with the GeeBees, though they might have never been subjected to the GeeBees' curse and been present on the Island(s) all along. This is unstated in any of the stories.)
* (Tentative) Ocryx's union with Leaves Falling--birth of Silver Eagle Feather.
* Leaves Falling abandons Silver Eagle Feather with Two Owls. When she returns to Devil's Lake Ocryx changes her into a lake manitou as punishment.
* Arrival of Francois LaCroix--first European on MI-2.
* More Europeans from the mainland begin to arrive, and settle on the south shore and slightly inland. Among them are Gerard and Justine Dupries.
* Ocryx's union with Justine Dupries--birth of Justin Dupries.
* (Tentative) Ocryana's failed union with Gerard Dupries--no children born.
* (Tentative) Ocryana's union with Moon Wolf--Shadow Water born.
* (Tentative) Ocryx's union with Silver Eagle Feather--X'aaru born. Raised by Old Mother Manitou until adulthood.
(NOTE: X'aaru's order in the birth of Ocryx's children--in fact, the order of any of their births, with the exception of Silver Eagle Feather, the first--is very tentative. I do not know if they were born before or after European contact.)
* Nathalit arrives.
* Nathalit sways the will of Ocryx and Ocryana so they unite temporarily--birth of Tal Natha.
* Nathalit sways the will of the GeeBee Pakwa to break away from Augwak's tribe and care for Tal Natha.
* (Tentative) Ocryana's union with Mitchi Manitou--Kawaduk born.
* When the pup Tal Natha is self-sufficient, Pakwa remains apart from the GeeBees and goes off on his own.
* (Tentative) Ocryx kidnaps Little Dove, but is convinced to return her, unharmed, to Stick-In-The-Dirt.
* (Tentative) Ocryx's union with Lost Crow--Red Bird born.
(NOTE: Just an aside. Around this point in the ORIGINAL ("Legends Of Manitou Island") storyline, Ocryx and Ocryana teamed up briefly to attempt a takeover of the Island. This incident has since been scrapped...but the unfinished story in question, "The Fall Of The Demons," still sticks with me as a pivotal moment (that almost happened) (and maybe did in an alternate timeline).)
* Tal Natha seeks out Red Bird (who is being raised by Ocryx) and convinces her to flee with him to Fort Holmes. There, he begins to teach her of her powers. The two gradually fall in love.
STOP READING!
--Unless SEVERE SPOILERS for MANITOU ISLAND don't bother you.
EVENTS OF MI TAKE PLACE--including:
* Union of Tal Natha and Red Bird--Dakh and Sikt Natha born.
* Mani is freed of Ocryx's influence and becomes a tribal manitou.
* Failed union of Justin Dupries and Shadow Water--no children born.
* Deaths of Kawaduk and Moon Wolf.
* Ocryana's failed attempt to destroy MI-2.
* Ocryana is re-imprisoned beneath MI-2.
* Shadow Water is freed from Ocryana's control, and taken in by Ocryx.
MILD SPOILERS FOR RTMI!
EVENTS IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN MI AND RTMI TAKE PLACE--including:
* The small primitive European town grows into a messy, burgeoning town replete with Fur Company and brothel.
* Death of Gerard Dupries.
* Union of Ocryx and Shadow Water--Khiieta born.
* Iroquois captive Morning Star is "rescued" somehow by Islanders. (The how is never adequately explained.) Stick-In-The-Dirt takes her in, and the two marry.
* Justin Dupries and Little Dove marry--birth of Page Dupries.
* Francois LaCroix and Crooked Creek (informally) marry.
* X'aaru and Khiieta court each other and start seeking a cave to move into.
* Mani assumes control of a manitou tribe.
* Temporary union of Emma Leeds and an unnamed GeeBee--birth of Thomas Leeds.
* A Shadow Wolf takes pity on the young Thomas and changes its shape into that of Cloud, the horse.
* Chakenapok awakens under Malsum's command and begins taking control of the Shadow Wolves.
(NOTE: One event not covered in the history is the exact time of the birth of Turtle, Manabozho's daughter by a Michinimakinong (I'm assuming the two met and parted ways in the Fairy Realm). She does not appear in MI, and does appear in RTMI, but her absence in the former doesn't necessarily signify that she hadn't been born yet. All that can be said is her birth certainly took place sometime in the time period AFTER Manabozho's adolescence and BEFORE RTMI.)
STOP READING!
--Unless SEVERE SPOILERS for RETURN TO MANITOU ISLAND don't bother you.
EVENTS OF RTMI TAKE PLACE--including:
* Death of Yellow Turtle.
* Black Elk Horn assumes control of Red Leaf Tribe.
* Resurrection of Moon Wolf.
* Deaths of Wabasso, the Ogimah-Quae, and Thomas.
* Temporary resurrection of Wabasso as Chibiabos, then his death; resurrection of Thomas.
* Chakenapok's failed attempt to destroy MI-2 and Manabozho.
* Chibiabos moves into Scott's Cave.
* Chakenapok's defeat and rebirth.
MILD SPOILERS FOR EFMI!
EVENTS IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN RTMI AND EFMI TAKE PLACE--including:
* The messy, burgeoning European town replete with Fur Company and brothel settles down somewhat into a more orderly colonial/Victorian town, still with Fur Company but apparently sans brothel. Trade with the mainland appears to pick up while the influx of newcomers slows.
* Birth of Fleur Dupries to Justin Dupries and Little Dove.
* Birth of Winter Born to Black Elk Horn and Silver Eagle Feather.
* Birth of Tiiku to X'aaru and Khiieta, who now live in their own cave near the East Bluff.
* Chakenapok moves into Croghan Water with the Shadow Wolves.
* Birth of Remy LaCroix to Francois LaCroix and Crooked Creek.
* Massacre at Fort Michilimackinac on the mainland--Lt. Andrew Barrington flees, wounded, in a canoe.
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