Glooscap the great chief, and other stories - ElectricCanadian.com

AN ADVENTURE WITH A CHENOO
LONG ago, in the olden time, an Indian, with
his wife and child, went far away toward
the northwest into the forest to hunt and trap.
They built a wigwam, and made it all ready
for the winter.
All went well for a time. The man hunted,
and brought home plenty of game and fur. The
wife was kept busy, slicing and drying the meat,
and preparing the food, and taking care of her
child.
One afternoon, as the wife was out gathering
the bushes near
wood, she heard a noise among
by, as though some large animal were making
its way through them. She looked, and her
heart stood still with horror. There stood a
creature, part human and part beast, and part
demon ! It was of the size and form of a man,
an old man, naked, and with a hideous face.
The woman had heard of the terrible Chenoo
of the north, a cruel monster with a heart of ice
and stone, and she knew at once that this was
one of the fierce cannibals so much dreaded by
every one, and that he had come to kill and de
vour her.
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