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

4 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
ashes,"
the cruel sisters said. "We cannot
keep her away from them and so she is
burned.
After a while the cruel sisters began calling
the little girl Oochigeaskic, Little Scarred One.
And then all of the Indians about, even her
father, called her Oochigeaskw. So this be
came her name the only name she had Little
Scarred One. She had no playmates for who
would want to play with such a scarred little
creature ?
Little Oochigeaskw was often very lonely.
She would sit on the shore and look away
across the water and long for her mother to
come back to her. She knew that if only her
mother were with her, all would be changed.
There would be no cruel sisters: there would
be no scars and sores: people would not taunt
her and point their fingers at her: she would
not be lonely any more.
But wish as much as she might the mother
never came back to Oochigeaskw, for she was
dead.
Now, away at the other end of the village
there lived a young Indian brave with his sis
ter. This brave s name was Team moose;*
for his teomul the one who guarded him and
gave him magical power was a moose. Team
* Pronounced in two syllables, Te-am.