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own skill in magic. So he determined to freeze
Glooscap, if he could. As night set in, he
brought in an armful of wood, and said,
"We
will have a cold night; the sky is red."
So the two sat and smoked through the night,
and talked. It grew colder and colder, until
the cold put the fire out and then the old wife
;
and the grandmother and Marten died. But
the two magicians talked on until morning as
though nothing had happened.
In the morning Glooscap brought Marten
and the grandmother and the old wife to life,
and then he invited his friend to feast with
him in the evening.
The Great Chief now built
a lodge, and in
the evening the magician came to visit him.
After the feast, the Great Chief said, slyly,
"There will be a great frost to-night; the sky
was red at sunset.
Then the magician knew that Glooscap would
take his turn at magic.
Glooscap made a blazing fire, and the two
smoked and talked as they had done the night
before, as though nothing were happening. It
grew colder and colder, until the fire died out
and grandmother and Marten again died of the
cold, although the Great Chief had wrapped
many furs about them. Then the poles of the
wigwam snapped, and the trees and the great
rocks outside cracked and fell in pieces.