One of the latter fled, and was in his canoe on the lake St.Croix, when the Chippeways suddenly came upon him.
The little Dahcotah saw his only chance for liberty--he plunged in the water and made for the canoe of the Dahcotah.

In a moment he had reached and entered it, and the two Dahcotahs were out of sight before the arrows of their enemies could reach them.
A very few of that band escaped; one of them says that when they were first attacked by the Chippeways, he saw he had but one chance, so he dived down to the bottom of the river, and the Chippeways could not see him.
He found the water at the bottom of the river very cold, and when he had gone some distance, he ventured where the water was warmer, which he knew was near the shore.

He then came out of the water and made his escape.
Even this latter trifling incident has been handed down from father to son, and is believed universally by the Dahcotahs.

And according to their tradition, the lovers and family of Wenona perished in this battle.

At all events, there is no one who can prove that their tradition or my translation may not be true.
THE INDIAN IN A TRANCE.
* * * * * About forty years ago, Ahak-tah, "The Male Elk," was taken sick with a sore throat.