Ursa Major (Alkaid) hauls a pile of firewood to light a fire beneath the pot. The Wampanoag people (Algonquian) Native Americans referred to Ursa Major as "maske", meaning "bear" according to Thomas Morton in The New England Canaan. The Wasco-Wishram Native Americans interpreted the constellation as 5 wolves and 2 bears that were left in the sky by Coyote. In Hinduism, Ursa Major is known as Saptarshi, each of the stars representing one of the Saptarshis or Seven Sages viz. Bhrigu, Atri, Angirasa, Vasishta, Pulastya, Pulalaha and Kratu. The fact that the two front stars of the constellations point to the pole
Ursa Minor (album) to state at concerts that the band was planning on returning back to the materical to complete "Ursa Minor". By the end of 2012, it was reported that Jenkins had ultimately dropped the "Ursa Minor" album idea. Jenkins revealed that the change in plans had been a result of changes in band members since the release of "Ursa Major". Much of "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor" had been written with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who after the release of "Ursa Major", sued the band for missing song-writing credits and publishing royalties for "Ursa Major" and the "Red Star" EP. Fredianelli had