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made the air shake. He said, "Will you take me back?" They said, "No."

So Henq stayed on the island. Sometimes he raises his voice to call to his brothers, and ask them how they are getting along. He always makes the air shake. Henq roams around the island, in the spring and summer; but in the winter he sleeps. When there is thunder in winter, the Wyandots say, "Henq is turning over. Something has broken into his sleep."

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