WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 139

“Noogumee, grandmother,” he asked, “will you make me a small canoe?”

“Where are you going, my son?” the old woman asked.

“I am seeking Glooscap, the Great Chief,” said Kitpooseagunow.

While the grandmother was making the canoe, Kitpooseagunow formed a tiny bow from a small branch of a fir tree, and then he asked the old woman for a hair from her head. This hair was for the bow-string, and Kitpooseagu- now knew that it would have magical power.

In the morning the brothers started out in the canoe. As they went down the river, Kitpooseagunow kept a close watch for sor- cerers and magicians, who could assume any form they chose. For he knew they would be watching for him to destroy him.

Once, at a turn in the river, they saw a huge giant, standing on the bank, brandishing his Spear. The giant pretended that he was look- ing for fish; but in reality he was defending the pass against the Avenger, who was now entering his territory.

Kitpooseagunow took the tiny bow and aimed the arrow at the monster. The magical power of the arrow was so great that it sent the giant with a great leap to the opposite shore, where he fell dead.

“A little farther on they came to a weir, that