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LEGENDS OF GLOOSCAP 251
had been. Near this wigwam there was a
wretched lodge, and in it a poor, helplesslooking
old woman, doubled over with age.
She was really an artful sorceress, Glooscap s
deadly foe, who was determined to kill him.
The Great Chief knew this at once. The old
woman asked him to help her, and Glooscap
pretended to do everything she asked, but while
he busied himself in the lodge, he put her
into
a deep sleep by his magic, and went his
way.
Soon the sorceress awoke, and when she
found that she had been outwitted, and that
Glooscap s contempt for her was so great that
he had scorned even to destroy her, she was
furious; and in her rage, she pursued him, de
termined to be avenged.
The Great Chief was in no danger, and there
fore he had no fear. He carried in his bosom
his two little dogs. These dogs were no larger
than mice, but they could immediately assume
the size and fury of the largest animals. As
soon as the sorceress came near him, Glooscap
took the little dogs from his pocket, and said
to them:
"When
I command you not to growl, spring
upon her, and the more loudly I call you off,
the more furiously must you tear her."
When the sorceress saw the little dogs take
on their giant forms, and heard their fierce