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The Sleeping Bear
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Long ago, in the land that is
today Wisconsin, Mother Bear and her two cubs were driven
into Lake Michigan by a raging forest fire. The cubs swam
strongly but the distance and the water proved too much
for them. They fell further and further behind and
ultimately slipped beneath the waves. When Mother Bear
reached the Michigan shore, she climbed to the top of a
bluff and peered back across the water, searching vainly
for her cubs. The Great Spirit Manitou saw her and took
pity on her plight. He raised North and South Manitou
Islands to mark the place where her cubs vanished and laid
a slumber upon Mother Bear.
Source: Ojibway Indian
Legend, National Park Service.
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