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great feast for them; and the food they set before them was poisoned.

After the feast was ended, Kitpooseagunow and his brother, to their great astonishment, did not die; they continued on their journey as Well as ever.

And it came to pass that the brothers entered the land of Red Squirrels. The Indians here Were under the rule of Glooscap, and so they Were glad to entertain the travellers, who were seeking their Great Chief. After the feast, where all had met as friends, the two brothers entered their canoe again, and set out for the home of Glooscap. They had no more enemies to conquer now, for they were near the Mas- ter.

The brothers journeyed on, and at last en- tered a body of water that swept far about a high point of land covered with giant trees. There were great, red cliffs leading up out of the water to the point of land far above, Where Glooscap dwelt. Kitpooseagunow, point— ing to the place high above them, said:

“There dwells the one I seek. There dwells the Great Chief, who will direct me in my work.”

Kitpooseagunow landed the canoe Where the red bank was lowest, the two brothers climbed the steep cliff, and, at last, reached the forest above. Kitpooseagunow stood in the high