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The Legend of Qu’appelle Valley is a poem written by E. Pauline Johnson that tells the tale of a young Indian who upon returning from a hunting trip hears a voice. He replies: Qu’appelle or who calls but receives no answer save his echo. When he does return he discovers that the young woman he was to marry died suddenly and with her dying breath cried out his name. And thus the Qu’appelle Valley received its name.