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and even sometimes break down before him. There 

 being no prospect of ever killing him with arrows, on 

 account of the barrenness of the land, far round the 

 lake, into which he would always retire, after satisfy- 

 ing his hunger, a great council of the nation was 

 called together, and the question put, Where are the 

 Mannittoes of the Nation? Are they no more? Shall 

 thte ivhole of the nation be destroyed by a Mannitto- 

 Snake? At length, two young men, endowed with 

 Mannittowie Powers, offered their services, and de- 

 clared, that unless the Mannittoie power of the 

 snake exceeded theirs, they should succeed ; but 

 they would, at all events, make an attempt. They 

 then bid farewell to the assembly, and their friends, 

 dived into the river, from whence they proceeded 

 under the water to a place opposite the Mennuppeek 

 (Lake, or large Pond), where this snake dwelt. They 

 made an opening under ground, from the river to the 

 centre of the pond, by Mhich the pond was drained, 

 and became perfectly dry. After returning again, 

 the same way they had come, they found the snake 

 in great uneasiness, and on dry ground. Taking 

 then the advantage of the dry weather, and the grass 

 far around the snake being dry, they set fire to the 

 grass, at a distance, and around the snake, by which 

 means he was burnt to death*. Thus (continued 

 Pemaholend) was this monster killed by two man- 

 nitto men of the nation : for, you must know, in 



• Even this part of llic Indiun tradition seems to be borrowed 

 from the old world. See a curious relation of the capture of an 

 enormous serpent in 27ie Life of Hct/ioa, as takcii /nm jirivate me- 

 itioirn of the KgyJitiaiiH. Vol. i. p. 125— •147. London: 1737. 

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