PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Quaquahela decided to visit a tribe far to the
He had heard a terrible snarling, and a huge
Thus he fled back toward his canoe, intent to escape. But the enraged bear threw itself forward and knocked him to the ground.
At last, the chief drew his knife and stabbed the bear repeatedly around the head and throat until it released him with a final, blood-chilling growl.
Quaquahela crawled away from the bear and collapsed on the ground. His body was torn and broken, his wound grievous. He looked toward his enemy, the bear was dead, with a moan of despair, his head fell back to the earth as he sccumbed to his injuries. He died a moment later.
The friend of the great chief, not knowing of his intent to stay with him, did not know anything was amiss until two days later, when he discovered the body of the great bear laying near the lake.
About a month later, on the night of full moon, quaquahela's clan saw a strange mist spiraling up the side of the nearby hill like the smoke from a fire
That night, the great chief quaquahela appeared to his medicine man telling him that he was the one who appeared in the mist on the hillside
The great chief promised the medicine man that he would accompany his people on all their expeditions, ensuring their safe leaving and returning.
The medicine man conveyed the words of his spirit-chief to the clansmen the next morning, there was much joy.
To this day, the spiraling, misty smoke from Quaquahelm's spirit lodge may be seen rising above the hillside in the damp or wet weather, and anyone giving a friendly shout to the great chief will hear his voice echoing in reply.
