250 



dindouljtodly a mydiical arrnunt of tlio flociiig of (lio Sioiix from Xctt 

 Lake on the approach of the Chippewas) : 



"Wlioii the first Chipi>o\vn came to the re{,'ioii,"' (after tlie terril)le battle 

 of Elbow Falls near Gheen. Minnesota, where the Sioux were disasterously 

 (Icfeatcil accovdins to other Chippewa traditions), "he crossed over Pelican 

 I.Mkc iKMtMtic from K;i inicr John's L-indin- and entered Xett Lake by way 

 of I.osI creek. (Ml aiiproiicliint,' rictnic Isknud. it was fiiund to be inhabited 

 l)y iininmeraltle beings llial were half tish and half sealion. Upon 

 tlie api>roacli of the Cliippewa. these became panic-stricken, and, diving 

 into the water, thoy swam with all sikhmI across the lake southwestward ; 

 the Chippewa followed them by the muddicvl water they stirred up in their 

 mad flight. On reaching the southwestern shore of the lake, they fled 

 ujt a little creek, and, coming to its source and having been caught as in a 

 net. they dove down into the earth and are there yet. You can see the 

 water bubbling uii (in a huge spring) today where the earth swallowed 

 them up. We know this regi(m as holly ground. Because of these beings 

 being caught as in a net. we call our lake "Xetor As-sab-aco-na' (Nett lake). 

 When the pursuers returned from chasing the half fish, half sealion be- 

 ings, tliey foinid these rock pictures on the rocks of this island. They are 

 the pictures of these beings our people found here." 



