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[Hanneman <cha...@da...>]

S they eat fish." WAS IT THE FIRST TURTLE? Once upon a time there was a great fight between two tribes of Indians. It was so fierce that the river ran red with blood, and the war-cries were so loud and angry that the animals of the forest ran away in terror. The warriors fought all day long, and when it began to grow dark, all the men

on one side had been killed but two warriors,
one of whom was known as Turtle. In those days there were no such animals as
turtles in the ponds and rivers, and no one knew why he was called by that

name. At last Turtle's friend was struck by an arrow and fell to the ground. "Now yield!" cried the enemies. "Friend," said Turtle, "are you dead?" "No," said

his friend. "Then I will fight on," said Turtle, and he called out, "Give life
again to the warriors whom you have killed
with your wicked arrows,
and then I will yield, but never before. Come on, cowards that you are! You are afraid of me. You do not dare to come!" Then his enemies said, "We will
all shoot our arrows at once, and some
one of them will be sure to kill him." They made ready to fire, but Turtle, too, made ready. He had
two thick shields, and he put one over his back and one over his breast. Then he called to his fierce enemies, "Are you not ready? Come on, fierce warriors! Shoot your arrows
through my breast