nce grand duke Gediminas, with his servicemen and his courtiers, went on a big hunting trip. All day long they spent in the woods blowing their horns and chasing wild animals. At night all the tired hunters gathered on a high hill - close to the Neris and Vilnele river junction. They brought all of the catch there - moose with long branch-like horns, wolves, shaggy bears. Gediminas had shot the biggest aurochs. Everyone wondered at it's size for no one had ever seen such a giant animal. The night was calm and warm and Gediminas decided to stay on the hill for the night. He liked the spot very much - the hill was overgrown with old oaks and white birch trees, the Neris waters rushed at the foot of the hill. In the morning Gediminas told of a marvelous dream he had. There was a great iron wolf on the top of the hill and it's howl was so loud that it seemed a hundred wolves were howling at once. No one could explain what the dream could mean, so Gediminas' courtiers brought the high priest Lizdeika. He told grand duke that an iron wolf was the sign of a great city that the Duke should build on this hill, and the city would be as strong as iron. The enemies will attack the city many times, but they would not occupy or demolish it. The loud howl means that the word about this powerful and rich city will go out all over the world. Gediminas built a city on that hill and named it Vilnius. Afterwards Gediminas himself moved to Vilnius. During the ages the words of the high priest about city's wealth and strength came true and Vilnius became the capitol of Lithuania.