The Bear, The Wild Cat and The Big Sturgeon—Muh Kwah, Pezhew and Kitché Nŭh Mah.
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Told by Peter York.
Near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River there are rapids. The bear was fishing there one day. He was catching sturgeon in his paws and throwing them over his shoulder on to the bank. By the time when he had enough he quit fishing and started to carry the sturgeon back into the woods from the pile he had thrown them into. The wild cat (lynx) was watching the bear whilst the bear was fishing. When the bear went away, the wild cat went to fish at the same place. He caught a very big sturgeon, but on account of his crooked claws, could not let go, and the sturgeon swam out to deep water and drowned the wild cat.
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