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

THE MAGICAL BELT
ONCE upon a time there lived, in the forest,
an old Indian with his wife and his son,
who had passed about fifteen summers.
This son often had dreams in which a voice
warned him to do certain things. The boy al
ways followed the directions of the voice, and
everything happened just as the dream fore
told.
One night, the voice said to the boy in a
dream :
"To-morrow, follow the path through the for
est to the lake. There on the shore you will
find a man taking the skin from a bull. If you
can secure a strip of hide running along the
back, make yourself a belt. This belt will have
magical power and will help you to become a
famous cattle doctor."
The next day, the boy followed the directions
He went along the path through
There he
of the voice.
the forest until he reached the lake.
saw a stranger taking the hide from a great
bull.
"What are you doing V 9 asked the boy.
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