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[ Shee-shó-kah—The Robin.]
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[ The Dakotas cail the Evening Star the "Virgin Star," and believe it to be the spirit of the virgin wronged at the feast.]
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[ Mille Lacs. This lake was discovered by DuLuth, and by him named Lac Buade, in honor of Governor Frontenac of Canada, whose familyname was Buade. The Dakota name for it is Mdé Waksân—Spirit Lake.]
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[ The Ojibways imitate the hoot of the owl and the howl of the wolf to perfection, and often use these cries as signals to each other in war and the chase.]
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[ The Dakotas called the Ojibways the "Snakes of the Forest," on account of their lying in ambush for their enemies.]