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

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8 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
Oochigeaskw trimmed the moccasins and
skirt and coat with the shells, and then she
wound strings of them about her head. She
had no beautiful braids to be adorned with
them, and she was so ashamed. But she
started out bravely in search of Team, the won
derful hunter.
When her sisters
saw her going away they
cried :
Where are you going!
Come back, you lit
tle scarred one !
But Oochigeaskw was afraid of them no
longer.
"I
will not go back to you, and I am going to
the lodge of Team,"
she called out.
As she passed through the village, the chil
dren threw stones at her, shouting:
"Oochigeaskw, Oochigeaskw! Go back! Go
back! 1
Some of the stones struck her and hurt her,
but she kept on. Even the men and women
laughed at her, pointing at her and calling :
"Oochigeaskw! Oh, Oochigeaskw, little
scarred one! Go back! Go back!"
But, at last Oochigeaskw reached the lodge of
Team. The sister greeted her kindly, and at
sunset the two went down to the shore. Away
in the distance sounded the faint dip, dip of
a paddle. The two maidens stood with their
hands shading their eyes, looking in the direc-