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Y. JourmAN INDIAN LEGEND.Tho Trmlitiou ( oiueriiinf Sleeping Bear Paint ami the Manitou |*I*tul«.The folk lore of the Indians of Miehi-gun iai almost a thing of the past, hutfew of their legends being preserved atthis.tnnmilplil3ThtIndtiocthethe present time. To be sure there are a few of the old natives, whose locks Ul have been whitened by the recurring «•! frosts of many winters, who preserve a ^he few of the traditions of their tribes, ;iil' Such a one is Wienda-goo-ish, an aged eou brave, whose huge proportions gave him the name mentioned, which, trana^ )Pr' iated into English, means giant Being in a communicative mood a few days ago he related one of his tribal tradi- tiv' tions concerning the Mauitou Islands i! and Sleeping Bear Point He said that *k| many years aglt;% before the primeval 660 woods of Michigan and Wisconsin had been invaded by the ruthless white ulls ■nan. the wild animals of the forests Pu'were possessed of spirits, and that thejp(j|medicine men of the tribes were able to Par talk with them.Once upon a time a huge she-bear was compeled to desert the shores of Wisconsin and with her twoi cubs take to the waters of|Michl*game, the great] fep lake, on account of |fires that were rag» ^Jhc lug in the wilderness.||The heat was so intense that the mother bear eon-led si not to return to the Wisconsin J.hore, but struck boldly out forythejwa mn km of §1 iehignn. W ben nearly acnmi he lake the two cubs sunk from exhaustion and were drowned.pjThe old j thu bear swam about the spot for hours, but her cubs rose not again. Finally weariness compeled her to seek the shore, reaching which she climbed a huge bluff and lay down to sleep. That Was Steeping Bear Point and fromtiet*w lea lus we froPo:
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Gogebic Iron Spirit
Bessemer, Michigan, US
Sat, Feb 28, 1891
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