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142 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
to withstand the sorcerer.
tie had not the power
But Kitpooseagunow sat quietly until the fire
had died away. Then he arose and said:
"It is now my turn to build a fire. Saying
this, he carried his brother s body into the open
air and said:
Nsees, my brother,
arise." And the
brother arose, restored to life by the power of
Kitpooseagunow.
Then Kitpooseagunow gathered hemlock
bark, and built a fire in the cave, and went out
leaving the old woman fastened in. Soon the
heat and smoke became greater than her mag
ical power could bear, and she fell over dead.
After this, the two brothers went down the
river until they came to the land of Mice.
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"Here, my brother, said Kitpooseagunow,
"dwell the people of the race of Mice. They
are our enemies and will try to destroy us.
make a great feast for us; but the
They will
food they place before us will be poisoned.
See that you eat none of it, only make a pre
tence of eating it. After the feast we will go
on our way; for the time is not yet come for
me to destroy them."
Everything happened just as Kitpooseagu
now had foretold.
The people of the land of Mice were wicked
magicians. But they made a pretence of
friendliness for the travellers, and made a