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Legend of the Cascades them for their folly and their sin in laying waste their fair domains, he covered them each with an eternal mantle of snow. From that time peace has reigned among the Mountains, although occasionally they have muttered and given signs of rebellion; but the Great Spirit points, with significant smile, to their snowy fetters, and their burning spirits sink deep within their bosoms. image Legend of Hetokah- About fifteen miles north of the boundary line of Iowa and Minnesota, and on the banks of that noble stream - Missippippi, arises one of the tallest bluffs along the entire length of the river. By river man and those that live in the vicinity, it is familiarly known as "Wild Cat Bluffs," from the fact, that a Frenchman who kept a wood yard at that point, had a skin of a wild cat stuffed and erected on a pole at the landing - but by the Winnebagoe and Dacotah Indians, it is known, as Hetokah, or the "Spirits' resting place." The legend informs us that their once lived a Squaw, on its summit, of remarkable beauty, and gifted by the Great Spirit with the power of prophecy - healing the sick by the mere touch of her finger - of rewarding the good and faithful, and punishing the wicked. During her sojourn on this mundane sphere, she caused by her love and good deeds,