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'The War-chief kills the Monster Rattlesnake', 1914. In Dakota legend, Indian braves believed a herd of buffalo were approaching, instead the chief shot a giant rattlesnake, they feasted on the carcass and turned into rattlesnakes themselves. From "The Myths of the North American Indians", by Lewis Spence F.R.A.I. [George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, Calcutta, Sydney, 1914]