106 GLOOSCAP AND OTIIER STORIES beyond the giant serpents. Then he went down the mountain, and whenever he came to any difficult place, the bow helped him leap safely over. At last Mimkudawogoosk reached the great forest, and on the other side of the forest he came to the wide river, flowing through the broad, green plain. He followed the river un¬ til he reached the Indian village. Everything had happened just as his sister had said. And now he remembered this, and set out to find the poorest looking wigwam. There, as he ex¬ pected, he found a group of pretty girls. The youngest was the most beautiful. Mimkuda¬ wogoosk went to her, and took a seat by her side. She remained seated. This meant that she was willing to be his wife. And as the parents were content that it should be so, they were married. The beauty of the Moosewood Man's face, and his manly bearing had won the heart of the maiden, and the good will of her father; but all the young men in the village were very angry, for the maiden had many suitors among them, who had tried to win her, and now to see her so easily won by a stranger was hard to bear. They all determined to kill him at the very first chance. One day Mimkudawogoosk's father-in-law said, "I would like my son-in-law to try his