HOW GLOOSCAP FOUND THE SUMMER IN the long ago, when the Indians lived in the early red light of the morning, Gloos- cap, the Great Chief, went very far to the north, where all was ice. At last he came to a wigwam, and there he found a giant—a great giant, for he was Win¬ ter. Glooscap entered the wigwam; he sat down. Then Winter gave him a pipe; he smoked, and the giant told him tales of the olden times. The charm of the Frost was upon him, and while the Giant Winter talked, the Great Chief nodded and then fell asleep. He slept for six months. Then the charm left him, and he awoke and went upon his journey. He has¬ tened toward the south, and at every step it grew warmer, and by and by the flowers sprang up and talked with him. At last the Great Chief came to where all the little folk were dancing in the forest. Their queen was Summer, the most beautiful of all women. The Great Chief seized her, and by a clever trick he kept her. For he cut a moose 245