_Neill's Hist. Minn._, p. 112.
[14] _Mah-to_--The polar bear--_ursus maritimus_. The Dakotas say that in
olden times white bears were often found about Rainy Lake and the Lake
of the Woods in winter, and sometimes as far south as the mouth of the
Minnesota. They say one was once killed at White Bear Lake (but a few
miles from St. Paul and Minneapolis), and they therefore named the lake
Mede Mato--White Bear Lake, literally--Lake White Bear.
[15] The _Ho-he_ (Ho-hay) are the Assiniboins or "Stone-roasters." Their
home is the region of the Assiniboin River in Manitoba. They speak the
Dakota tongue, and originally were a band of that nation. Tradition says
a Dakota "Helen" was the cause of the separation and a bloody feud that
lasted for many years. The _Hohes_ are called "Stone-roasters," because,
until recently at least, they used _wa-ta-pe_ kettles and vessels made
of birch bark in which they cooked their food. They boiled water in
these vessels by heating stones and putting them in the water. The
_wa-ta-pe_ kettle is made of the fibrous roots of the white cedar
interlaced and tightly woven. When the vessel is soaked it becomes
water-tight.
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