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74 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
it. But at last the heart began slowly to soften ;
and then they cut it into small pieces with a
hatchet, and melted it.
And, at last, after all
this labour, the terrible enemy was destroyed.
Now spring was near. The Indian and his
wife and child were soon to return to their
home, and the Chenoo, now quite one of them,
said that he would go with them. They built
a canoe for him, not of birch bark, like their
own, but of moose skin, and placed in it a part
of their venison, and some skins. The Chenoo
took his place in the canoe, and followed as
they led the way.
At first they went down the river, but soon
they came out upon a broad, beautiful lake.
Suddenly, they saw the Chenoo lie flat in the
canoe, as though
to hide himself.
"What is it? What is the trouble !"
they
asked.
have been seen by another Chenoo, who
"I
is standing on the top of that mountain," he
said. The mountain was so far away that
they could only see the outline against the
northern sky.
"He has seen me/ he said,
"but he cannot
see you. Should he see me again, his anger
will be roused, and he will come to attack me.
Who would conquer, I do not know. But I
prefer peace."