LEGENDS OF GLOOSCAP 269 moowesoo and his friend took the lead, and the Megumoowesoo steered the sled. The two wiz¬ ards followed, thinking that the strangers would soon fall from their sleds, and then they could run over them and crush them to death. Down the mountain side they went at a fear¬ ful rate—down, down, down the rough path— and the young man soon lost his balance and fell from the sled. But the Megumoowesoo quickly caught him, and put him back in his place; and at the same time he turned a little aside and made the others pass him. In an instant they were again under way, and when they reached the cliff, their sled made a great bound and leaped far over the other. The Megumoowesoo shouted and sang as they flew on; the sled thundered to the bottom of the mountain; it sped on toward the village, with undiminished speed; it bounded through the village until it struck the side of the old chief's wigwam, and tore it from end to end. The old chief sprang up in terror, and cried: "This time I have lost my daughter!" But he was not willing to admit himself beaten yet. "I should like to see my son-in-law run a race," he said. So the young man made ready to race with one of the chief's magicians, and as they were about to start, the Megumoowesoo slipped his