78 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES him; so that many times Noojekesigunodasit had to go to bed hungry, for he dared not tell his father. All the other brothers were afraid of the eldest one, too, so there was no one to help him. At last Noojekesigunodasit could bear the ill-treatment no longer. So he went to his mother, and said: "I am going away. I cannot bear my brother's cruelty any longer. I shall go far out into the world. So make for me a small bow and arrow and thirty pairs of moccasins." The mother told no one about the little boy's plan; for she was sorry for him, and she did not know how to shield him from the cruel brother. She made the moccasins, and the bow and arrow, and gave them to him with a heavy heart. Then Noojekesigunodasit made a bundle of the moccasins, and started early one morning, just after his father and brothers had gone out hunting for the day. He stood in the door of the wigwam and looked about him. Every¬ where there were great, tall trees. He did not know any of the trails that led about the forest, so he thought that it would be safest to make his own trail. Now this is what Noojekesigunodasit dil. He stood there in the doorway and shot tie arrow straight ahead. Then he quickly ran