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in pencil at top: Neptune "Oonc-tah-hee" i.e., one who is dreadful - he is supposed to be a sea-monster of dreadful appearance Wahkahende - The Thunder which is a favorite mystery is said to be caused by one or some say, two great birds, called "Wahkeah" whose flapping or voice as they fly thro' the air makes the sound of the thunder. Some think these deities to be solitary, others that there are races of them. The Thunder birds & the spirit of the water, who is the "medicine god" & burrows under ground, are always at war - & the lightning striking to the earth is when the air deity strikes the earth & water monster. The bones of the mammoth which are sometimes found on the praries, they think are the conquered deities' remains & preserve them a "Wahken"-- The Oonctahee has a long tail with which he sometimes catches the thunder birds & drags them to the ground - their contentions cause the storms -