WONDER TALES OP THE FOREST 147 the snow-shoes and the moccasins, which you need so much, and I can also build canoes." Then she ran away, and when the elder brother came home, the young brave told him all that had happened. The elder brother said: "Truly, I should be glad to have some one here to take care of the wigwam for us.'' In the morning the beautiful maiden re¬ turned as she had promised. When she heard that the brother would consent to her coming to stay with them she was very glad, and ran off again as if in great haste. At noon she returned, drawing a sled piled up with garments and arms,—for she was a hunter; and indeed, she could do all things, as few women could, whether it were cooking, or sewing, or making all that men need. So the spring passed pleasantly, until the snow was gone; and then it was time for the hunters to return home. Until the maiden came, they had had but little luck in their hunt¬ ing; but after that everything was changed, and now they had a great supply of furs. One day they started in their canoes down the river toward home. But as they drew near to it, the maiden became sad. As they came to a point of land, she started and said: "Here I must leave you. I can go no further. Say nothing of me to your parents,