THE BEAR, THE WILD CAT AND THE BIG STURGEON—MUH KWAH, PEZHEW AND
KITCHÉ NŬH MAH.
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.