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268 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
a dragon, and soon found a hole in the ground
where one was hiding. He placed a stick of
wood across the hole, and then he danced and
danced around the hole, singing to charm the
dragon out.
In a little while the dragon s head appeared,
and as he began to crawl out of the hole, he
dropped his neck upon the log which the
Megumoowesoo had placed across the entrance.
Then, with one blow of his hatchet, the
Megumoowesoo cut off the dragon s head, and
took it by its shining yellow horns, and placed
it beside his sleeping companion. Then he
aroused him and said:
"
Carry this dragon s head to the chief."
The suitor did as the Megumoowesoo had
told him, and the astonished old chief said:
"This time I shall lose my daughter."
Then he said to the young man :
"I should like to see my new son-in-law coast
down hill on a hand-sled."
Now near the village there was a high moun
tain with steep, rugged sides ;
and this was the
place the old chief chose for the coasting
ground. He brought out two sleds, and gave
one to the two strangers, and the other to two
Indians, who were wizards in the form of young
men.
The four Indians climbed the mountain to
gether, and when all was ready, the Megu-