Kultapyörä

Heinonen in Käkisaari

The wealthy houses of Kainuu were described to have:


Sata sarven kantajata
Tuhat turkin antajata
Yhdeksän uroshevosta
Rankkitamma kymmenes

A hundred carriers of drinking horns
A thousand givers of furs
Nine male horses
And the tenth one, a ranked/dregs(?) mare

One of such houses was owned by Heinonen in Käkisaari, Kajaani (1590s). He was a greedy and stingy man. Once, he had gone to church on Manamansalo island in Oulujärvi lake by rowing, but a Lakeland Sámi tietäjä told him: "you won't make it home alive". Regardless, not believing them, Heinonen went anyways:


Vaan näin sano Savon näkijä
Minun paapani Savoissa
Joroisihin joutuvani
Vaan minä en sinä ikänä
Näkijälle kättä näytä
Näkijät valehtelevat
Katot nyt koti korkea näkyy
Aitta armas tiirottaa

But thus was said by a seer of Savo
My (grand?)father in Savo
That I should move along to Joroinen
But I will never
Show my hand to a seer
For seers are liars
The roofs of my beloved home can be seen
The beloved granary is peaking

But right there, near the coast, his boat hit a rock and Heinonen drowned, which is why the rock in question is called the rock of Heinonen (Heinosenkivi). If you had a hundred carriers of drinking horns and a thousand givers of furs, you could get Heinonen's treasure, also sunken near the rock.