All the famous warriors are _booowins_, or _pow-wows_; they have supernatural powers, and when wide awake and in full presence of mind cannot be killed except by other braves possessing like powers. It is remarkable that these braves, or as they say, _kenaps_, even though mortally wounded, would immediately be in perfect health and strength if by any chance they could succeed in taking the life of a warrior; it was also believed that while a _kenap_ was dancing the magic dance, his body could not be pierced by the swiftest arrow. A _booowin_ could assume not only the character but also the form of whatever animal might be the totem of the clan to which he belonged, but he was restricted to his own totem, whether fox or wolf, or wild-goose, or loon, and so when two were fighting, each generally knew what he might expect of his opponent in the event of defeat in fair battle. The last fight between the Kennebecs and the Micmacs occurred at the mouth of Pictou harbour, and was an instance in which one hero, or as they say, _kenap_, succeeded in destroying, single-handed, a whole war-party of the enemy. The incident is worthy of mention in this connection, for the hero of this closing scene of inter-tribal warfare was a booowin or pow-wow, who might well be compared, if we consider what he accomplished, with Samson, the strong man of Israel, or perhaps, even more properly with Heracles and the other demigods of ancient Grecian story. Our hero’s name is _Kaktoogo_, or Old Thunder, but he also had a second name given by the French, for the French had arrived on Acadia’s shores before this final defeat of the invading Kennebecks; the dignified name was _Toonale_, an attempt to pronounce _Tonnere_, the French translation of his sonorous name. You will notice that “r” was replaced by “l” in all words borrowed from the French and English, for neither the “r” nor “j” sound was formerly heard in the language of the Micmacs.