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| Ursa Major is known as the Big Dipper. It has approximately 17 stars in it. | |
| According to some Native American legends, the bowl of the Big Dipper is a giant bear and the stars of the handle are three warriors chasing it. The constellation is low in the autumn evening sky, so it was said that the hunters had injured the bear and its blood caused the trees to change color to red. | |
| In the civil war the slaves learned songs that said follow the drinking gourd to freedom. | |
| Although the whole of Ursa major is very hard to see the big dipper is on of the most recognizable patterns in the Northern sky |
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