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helper of Glooscap, but this did not prevent their having a hearty contest of magic, in which they both were nearly killed. As the two giants talked that evening in the Wigwam, they called up a great frost by their magic, and the trees were torn up by their roots, and the great rocks were split; and all within the wig- wam were frozen to death, except the two magicians, who barely escaped with their own lives.

In the morning they brought their dead com- panions to life, and then Kitpooseagunow said to Glooscap:

“To-night, let us go out in the seas in a canoe and catch whales by torchlight.”

Nothing could please the Chief better, for he was a great fisherman.

Now when Glooscap and Kitpooseagunow reached the shore, Glooscap could see plenty of rocks lying about, but there was no canoe. Kitpooseagunow picked up the largest of the rocks, and put it upon his head, and at once it became a great, beautiful canoe, large enough to carry the two giants. Then he took up a smaller stone, and this became a paddle. Then he split off a great splinter from a ledge of rock, and this was changed into a spear.

“Who will sit in the stern and paddle, and who will take the spear?” asked Glooscap.

“I will take the spear,’ ’ said Kitpooseagunow.