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 be killed if I did not," she said. The next