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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 83
"The
he said.
chief will speak to you in his wigwam,"
Noojekesigunodasit looked quietly at the
messenger.
"Tell him I will not go,"
he said at last.
Now all of the Indians were very much
afraid of the chief, and when they heard that
this strange young brave returned such a mes
sage, they said to one another:
"This must be some great brave! He must
be even greater than the chief, because he is
not afraid." And they went to the chief, and
told him that some powerful brave was in their
village. This time the chief sent a very polite
message. He said:
"Will the young brave do me such great
honour as to visit my lodge!"
Then Noojekesigunodasit visited the chief,
and the chief told him after a while that he
might marry his oldest daughter.
"But there is one little favour I would ask
of you,"
he said. "It is just a little thing,
just to remove a troublesome object a small
nuisance. It hinders me from seeing the sun
rise in the morning.
"And what is that!"
Noojekesigunodasit
asked.
"Oh, it is only a small nuisance," the chief
repeated.
"It is that granite mountain out
there. I want to see a broad, level, green field,