vern their plans.

This butte was always considered the prophet of the tribe.

THE WONDERFUL TURTLE

Near to a Chippewa village lay a large lake, and in this lake there
lived an enormous turtle. This was no ordinary turtle, as he would often
come out of his home in the lake and visit with his Indian neighbors.
He paid the most of his visits to the head chief, and on these occasions
would stay for hours, smoking and talking with him.

The chief, seeing that the turtle was very smart and showed great
wisdom in his talk, took a great fancy to him, and whenever any puzzling
subject came up before the chief, he generally sent for Mr. Turtle to
help him decide.

One day there came a great misunderstanding between different parties of
the tribe, and so excited became both sides that it threatened to cause
bloodshed. The chief was unable to decide for either faction, so he
said, "I will call Mr. Turtle. He will judge for you."

Sending for the turtle, the chief vacated his seat for the time being,
until the turtle should hear both sides, and decide which was in the
right. The turtle came, and taking the chief's seat, listened very
attentively to both sides, and thought long before he gave his decision.
After thinking long and studying each side carefully, he came to the
conclusion to decide in favor of both. This would not cause any hard
feelings. So he gave them a lengthy speech and showed them where they
were both in the right, and wound up by saying:

"You are both in the right in some ways and wrong in others. Therefore,
I will say that you both are equally in the right."

When they heard this decision, they saw that the turtle was right, and
gave him a long cheer for the wisdom displayed by him. The whole tribe
saw that had it not been for this wise decision there would have been a
great shedding of blood in the tribe. So they voted him as their judge,
and the chief, being so well pleased with him, gave to him his only
daughter in marriage.

The daughter of the chief was the most beautiful maiden of the Chippewa
nation, and young men from other tribes traveled hundreds of miles for
an opportunity to make love to her, and try to win her for a wife. It
was all to no purpose. She would accept no one, only him whom her father
would select for her. The turtle was very homely, but as he was prudent
and wise, the father chose him, and she accepted him.

The young men of the tribe were very jealous, but their