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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 143
great feast for them; and the food they set
before them was poisoned.
After the feast was ended, Kitpooseagunow
and his brother, to their great astonishment,
did not die ; they continued on their journey as
well as ever.
And it came to pass that the brothers entered
the land of Bed Squirrels. The Indians here
were under the rule of Glooscap, and so they
were glad to entertain the travellers, who were
seeking their Great Chief. After the feast,
where all had met as friends, the two brothers
entered their canoe again, and set out for the
home of Glooscap. They had no more enemies
to conquer now, for they were near the Mas
ter.
The brothers journeyed on, and at last en
tered a body of water that swept far about a
high point of land covered with giant trees.
There were great, red cliffs leading up out
of the water to the point of land far above,
where Glooscap dwelt. Kitpooseagunow, point
ing to the place high above them, said:
There dwells the one I seek.
There dwells
the Great Chief, who will direct me in my
work.
Kitpooseagunow landed the canoe where the
red bank was lowest, the two brothers climbed
the steep cliff, and, at last, reached the forest
above. Kitpooseagunow stood in the high