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

HOW GLOOSCAP CONQUERED HIS
ENEMIES
ONCE, in the long ago,
Glooscap lived
the Great Chief
on an island called Ajalig-nn-mechk.
With him were many Indians,
who had the names and natures of animals and
birds ;
and who had the power to take the form
of these animals and birds when they wished.
All of these Indians had magical power, but
they were not so powerful as the Great Chief.
So they were jealous of him; and at last they
determined to go away and leave him alone, and
to take with them little Marten and the grand
mother, who lived with Glooscap. They
thought that if they left him alone on the
island he would soon die, for they did not
know the power of the Master.
They waited until Glooscap went into the
forest on a long journey. Then they made
everything ready, and stole away to the canoes.
But just then Glooscap came back out of the
forest, and saw that the grandmother and
Marten were gone. He followed their tracks
to the shore. There he saw Winpe, a mighty
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