LEGENDS OF GLOOSCAP 285 he turned to the last Indian. "And you? What would you have 1" he asked. Now this Indian was a fine looking young brave, vain of his good looks. And he said, "I would like to live a long time, and never grow old." "You have asked a hard thing," said Gloos- cap, shaking his head, "yet we will see what can be done." The next day Glooscap took the four men to a hill, which they had not noticed before. It was very rocky and sandy, and hard to climb. There were no trees, and the sun shone there from morning until night. Glooscap stood be¬ fore the man who had asked to live a long time, and clasped him around the waist. Then he lifted the astonished Indian from the ground, and set him down again, and passed his hands over his body, twisting him as he did so. When Glooscap removed his hands, the In¬ dians saw that their companion had been changed into an old, gnarled cedar tree, with limbs growing out rough and ugly all the way from the ground. "There," said Glooscap. "I cannot tell how long you will live,—the Great Spirit alone can tell that. But I think that you will not be likely to be disturbed for a long time, as no one will have reason to cut you down; you are unfit for any purpose, and the ground about is of no