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106 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
beyond the giant serpents.
Then he went down
the mountain, and whenever he came to any
difficult place, the bow helped him leap safely
over.
At last Mimkudawogoosk reached the great
forest, and on the other side of the forest he
came to the wide river, flowing through the
broad, green plain.
He followed the river un
til he reached the Indian village. Everything
had happened just as his sister had said. And
now he remembered this, and set out to find
the poorest looking wigwam. There, as he ex
pected, he found a group of pretty girls. The
youngest was the most beautiful. Mimkuda
wogoosk went to her, and took a seat by her
side. She remained seated. This meant that
she was willing to be his wife. And as the
parents were content that it should be so, they
were married.
The beauty of the Moosewood Man s face, and
his manly bearing had won the heart of the
maiden, and the good will of her father; but
all the young men in the village were very
angry, for the maiden had many suitors among
them, who had tried to win her, and now to see
her so easily won by a stranger was hard to
bear. They all determined to kill him at the
very first chance.
One day Mimkudawogoosk s father-in-law
said, "I would like my son-in-law to try his