Native American Legends
The Wolf's Revenge
A Cherokee Legend
Kana'tï had wolves to hunt for him, because they are good
hunters and never fail. He once sent out two wolves at once. One
went to the east and did not return.
The other went to the north, and when he returned at night and
did not find his fellow he knew he must be in trouble and started
after him.
After traveling on some time he found his brother lying nearly
dead beside a great greensnake (sälikwa'yâ'yï) which
had attacked him. The snake itself was too badly wounded to crawl
away, and the angry wolf, who had magic powers, taking out several
hairs from his own whiskers, shot them into the body of the snake
and killed it.
He then hurried back to Kana'tï, who sent the Terrapin after
a great doctor who lived in the west to save the wounded wolf.
The wolf went back to help his brother and by his magic powers
he had him cured long before the doctor came from the west, because
the Terrapin was such a slow traveler and the doctor had to prepare
his roots before he started.
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