"The Thunder Bird"
During one summer, three Native American camps were situated on the side of a large lake. One of the camps, or tribes, was the Sioux while the other two were divisions of the Assiniboine tribe. There was an island in the middle of the lake called "the old woman's home." One day during that summer, the weather became quite unpleasant. The sky became cloudy and dropped rain, thunder, and lightning on the lake and the area surrounding it. As soon as the weather reached its worst, a great bolt of lightning struck the island and stayed there some time. This was The Thunder Bird. Something was pulled up from the island and it seemed to writhe and squirm like a snake. The Thunder Bird picked up the water monster and carried it into the clouds. Everyone in the tribes watching stared in awe and horror. After the storm ended, snow fell over the land until it was knee-deep. Then the wholoe lake dried up, and many animals in the lake died.




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