Native American Legend

 

Along time ago. There lived a pack of ferocious lemurs who got the name Ravenous-Beasts from the natives. They called these specific lemurs Ravenous-Beasts because that’s exactly what they were. Once every year, at the end of the summer, during harvest, the head lemur named Swift-Claw would go to the Huron tribe’s establishment and negotiate with them. Swift-Claw said, "If you give us 10 buffalo, and half your crops harvested we won’t attack your tribe" Chief Wack-a-wimb told Swift-Claw they had a bad harvest this year because of the 40 day drought they had suffered, and they couldn’t fill the demand. Swift-Claw said he would settle for 10 native women. Chief Wack-A-Wimb was insulted by this and send Swift-Claw on his way.

Swift-Claw returned to the lemur establishment that night. He gathered with all the other lemurs and explained what the chief had said. They were all enraged, and started to plan the attack. Swift-Claw suggested, they start a forest fire so the natives would try to put it out and save the animals, while they were doing so they would raid their establishment and take all the natives food, and weapons.

The next morning the Ravenous-Beasts set out with torches in hand, they went to the edge of the forest which was located by the Hurons, and set some dry grass a blaze. Just as planned all the Natives came running out with blankets, and water to try to stop the fire. Trees began to fall and the fire spread, the Indians new they had no chance at this point. They all ran as far as they could and summoned the rain god. They begged the rain god for rain, and lots of it. All of a sudden it started down poring. The lemurs took off to the west as fast as they could. It rained so hard the natives were pushed down to the ground by the powerful rain. The rain made a puddle, the puddle became a pond, and a pond became a lake within a matter of hours. Most of the lemurs got away, except for an unfortunate few. The natives on the other hand were never seen again. That is how Lake Huron came about.