178 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES "A seal shin strap, A shoulder strap," she would not be imposed upon. The Badger, seeing this, suddenly seized her and bound her. Then after he had eaten as much venison as he could, he started out upon his journey in search of the Weasel girls. Soon afterward the little Culloo boys reached home, and there they found their mother bound and helpless. "Who has done this wicked deed?" they cried. "A Badger was here, and he tried to make me believe that he belonged to our tribe. He even sang one of our lullabys to me; and when I would not believe him, he seized me and bound me." "Why, he is the very person who met us, and said that he was a Culloo," they cried. "He learned that song from us, and then he broke our bows, and sent us away around to the other side of the river." While they were talking, they had untied the mother. "Now we will pursue that Badger and avenge his insults," they said. They followed after the Badger, and being of the bird tribe, they could travel much faster than he could, and soon overtook him. But all