She then placed the dish near the fish in the river, and entreated the fish to go to its own elements, and not to obstruct the passage of the river and give them so much trouble.
"The fish obeyed, and settled down in the water, and has never since been seen.
"The woman who made this request of the fish, was loved by him when he was a Dahcotah, and for that reason he obeyed her wishes." Nor was this the only legend with which he amused his listeners.

The night was half spent when they separated to rest, with as firm a faith in the stories of the old medicine man, as we have in the annals of the Revolution.
[Illustration] THE MAIDEN'S ROCK; OR, WENONA'S LEAP.
Lake Pepin is a widening of the Mississippi river.

It is about twenty miles in length, and from one to two miles wide.
The country along its banks is barren.

The lake has little current, but is dangerous for steamboats in a high wind.

It is not deep, and abounds in fish, particularly the sturgeon.