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

WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 105
over the giant serpents, and over every other
danger on the way. When you have crossed
the mountain, you will come to another forest.
Follow the trail, and you will come to a wide
river that flows through a broad plain. Follow
the river through the plain and it will lead you
to
the village where lives the maiden, whom I
would have you seek for your wife. When
you reach the village, do not go into the finest
wigwam, but seek out the poorest. There an
Indian lives with many beautiful daughters.
The youngest is the fairest. Wed her."
Mimkudawogoosk started upon his journey.
He had travelled a few days, when one morning,
in the forest, he heard his sister singing. She
had become lonely without him, and had set
out to follow him. To give him warning that
she was coming, she sang as she went along;
it was a magical song, and he heard her al
though far away.
"Keturn to your wigwam do not follow me
do not follow me !" he sang back to her. So
she went back to the wigwam.
Mimkudawogoosk went on, until he came to
the mountain. He was climbing over a narrow,
rocky way, when just before him, he saw the
giant serpents. He quickly held his bow like
a leaping pole, and made a great leap. The
bow carried him safely over, and he landed far