AKA: Big Naked Bear, Big Rump Bear, Yakwawiak, Furless Bear, Ganiagwaihegowa, Great Armored Bear, Mammoth Bear, Monster Bear, Niagwaihegowa, Oyahguaharh, Oyalkquoher, Uya'kwaher Tribal affiliations: Cayuga, Iroquois, Seneca, Lenape, Mohican, Shawnee Long ago, there were four brothers who were known as the greatest, most persistent hunters around－once they began trailing, they never gave up a quarry. One cold day, when frost coated the ground, a messenger came to the village with urgency: a giant bear had taken ownership of the nearby woods; it was so large and formidable that no one dared enter, and men stood guard along the perimeter to warn those nearby if it left. Not many had spotted the beast and lived to tell of it, but it left enormous footprints, revealing that it wandered nearer to homes and with more boldness each day. Soon after, when the villagers knew the animal would attack, the brothers embarked into the forest to hunt it, taking along skillfully made weapons and their little dog. When they entered the copse, they saw no other…