100 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

“Kwemoo wants me to be his Wife,” she said.

“Kwemoo would be a very kind husband to you,” the mother replied.

So they were married; but Kwemoo never went to her father’s lodge. The two spent their days together on the shore. One day Kwemoo said:

“Some men are coming in a canoe; they will hunt me.”

“Hide behind the large rock until they go away,” his wife said.

The next day the two men came in a canoe. They visited a few days with the family, and then urged them to return to their village for a visit. But the Loon said:

“Your parents and your brother may go if they choose, but do you stay with me.”

So she stayed.

The others went with the strangers, who made a time of feasting and games for them. The young brave, because he had been taught by the Loon, won all the games. He could out- run them all; he could hunt better than any one; and so he soon became hated by all the braves of the village.

“Let us destroy him,” they said. And they determined to kill him the next night.

But that night the young brave heard the voice of the friendly Loon, and he knew that he was in danger. He went to his parents.