The boy went turtle hunting at a lake where his tribe often hunted. He crawled towards the lake carefully to not be seen by the watchful turtles. However, as he began undressing to leap in the water, the turtles noticed his hand and fled into the lake. The boy saw bubbles and small human-like figures emerging from the water by the hundreds. Terrified, the boy ran home naked and collapsed at his grandmother's tent. After treatment, he told his grandmother and chief what he had witnessed at the lake. Warriors were sent and also saw the small men swimming and splashing in the large numbers reported. The boy was given a name meaning "sees holy" and the lake was renamed "Man