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Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake
Devils Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is the largest natural body of water and the second-largest body of water in North Dakota after Lake Sakakawea. It can reach a level of 1,458 ft before naturally flowing into the Sheyenne River via the Tolna Coulee. On June 27, 2011, it reached an unofficial historical high elevation of 1,454.3 ft . The city of Devils Lake, North Dakota takes its name from the lake as does the Spirit Lake Reservation, which is located on the lake's southern shores. The present site of Devils Lake is historically territory of the Dakota people. The Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Dakotas were relocated to the Spirit Lake Reservation as a result of the 1867 treaty with the United States that established a reservation for Dakotas who had not been forcibly relocated to Crow Creek Reservation in what is now called South Dakota. The name Devils Lake is a calque of the Dakota phrase mni wak’áŋ , which is also reflected in the names of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the nearby town of Minnewaukan. The Dakota called the lake mni wak’áŋ chante, which separately translate as mni , wak’áŋ , and chante . European-American settlers misconstrued this name to mean Bad Spirit Lake, or Devils Lake. The bad referred to the high salinity of the lake, making it unfit to drink, and spirit meant the mirages often seen across the water. The Christian concept of the devil was not present in Dakota philosophy. Its Arikara name is čiwahaahwaarúxti and the Hidatsa name is mirixubaash .
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