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20 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
ferred to appear to her in this form. She sat
down with him, coming more and more under
his enchantment; for he was not an ordinary
Indian, but a wicked magician, and he had
placed the maiden under his evil spell. Before
she returned to the wigwam the Bear had eaten
all of the tallow from her hair.
Day after day, now, she would make her hair
white with the tallow, and would go to the lake
to meet the white bear her lover who would
always eat the tallow.
Soon Usitabulajoo noticed that the tallow
was disappearing fast, and asked his sister
about it.
"Oh, I like to eat it,"
she said. And all the
time she was hoping that her lover would take
his own form again, and come to their wigwam
so that they could be married.
One day Usitabulajoo climbed a high hill that
overlooked the lake near his lodge. To his sur
prise he saw his sister her hair white with
tallow come out of the wigwam. He watched
her, and he saw her take her seat by the lake.
Soon the great white bear, Mooinwopskw, came
out of the woods and went to her. Usitabula
joo saw him eat the tallow, and after a while go
back into the forest. That night he asked his
sister about the bear.
Oh, I am obliged to do this ;
we should both
t
be killed if I did not,"
she said. The next