268 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES a dragon, and soon found a hole in the ground where one was hiding. He placed a stick of wood across the hole, and then he danced and danced around the hole, singing to charm the dragon out. In a little while the dragon's head appeared, and as he began to crawl out of the hole, he dropped his neck upon the log which the Megumoowesoo had placed across the entrance. Then, with one blow of his hatchet, the Megumoowesoo cut off the dragon's head, and took it by its shining yellow horns, and placed it beside his sleeping companion. Then he aroused him and said: "Carry this dragon's head to the chief." The suitor did as the Megumoowesoo had told him, and the astonished old chief said: "This time I shall lose my daughter." Then he said to the young man: "I should like to see my new son-in-law coast down hill on a hand-sled." Now near the village there was a high moun¬ tain with steep, rugged sides; and this was the place the old chief chose for the coasting ground. He brought out two sleds, and gave one to the two strangers, and the other to two Indians, who were wizards in the form of young men. The four Indians climbed the mountain to¬ gether, and when all was ready, the Megu-