40 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

so they held a great wedding feast. Then the wedding party set out for home.

They had not gone very far, when a terrible roaring was heard, and then the trees behind them were torn up by their roots. They saw that the magicians in the Village of the Beauti- ful Bride had conjured up a whirlwind to de- stroy them. Then the Hurricane Man uncov- ered his nostrils and let loose a terrible storm. Whirlwind met whirlwind. The tempest sent back by the traveller was so much stronger than the other, that it rushed on, carrying back the other storm with it, and when it reached the village, it swept over it, completely destroying it.

The wedding party finished their journey without meeting any other danger. When the Hurricane Man reached his home, he dropped from the party. Then the Swift Runner stopped at his home, and the Log Carrier stopped at his home. The Megumoowesoo, the young man and the Beautiful Bride travelled on through the forest, and at last came to the shore where the magical canoe was hidden. They stepped upon the island and it carried them across the broad lake to the home of the Great Chief.

The Megumoowesoo told the story of their adventures and Glooscap listened to every word with kindly interest. After they had been en-