WONDER TALES OP THE FOREST 83 " The chief will speak to you in his wigwam,'' he said. Noojekesigunodasit looked quietly at the messenger. "Tell him I will not go," he said at last. Now all of the Indians were very much afraid of the chief, and when they heard that this strange young brave returned such a mes¬ sage, they said to one another: "This must be some great brave! He must be even greater than the chief, because he is not afraid." And they went to the chief, and told him that some powerful brave was in their village. This time the chief sent a very polite message. He said: "Will the young brave do me such great honour as to visit my lodge?" Then Noojekesigunodasit visited the chief, and the chief told him after a while that he might marry his oldest daughter. "But there is one little favour I would ask of you," he said. "It is just a little thing,— just to remove a troublesome object—a small nuisance. It hinders me from seeing the sun rise in the morning.'' "And what is that!" Noojekesigunodasit asked. "Oh, it is only a small nuisance," the chief repeated. "It is that granite mountain out there. I want to see a broad, level, green field,