he proceeded toward the lodge , met the female as had been foretold to him , and became an elk . she reproached him that he had cast aside the form of a man that he might avoid her . " i have traveled a great distance , " she added , " to see you and to become your wife ; for i have heard of your great achievements , and admire you very much . " now this woman was the sixth giant , who had assumed this disguise to entrap white feather . without a suspicion of her real character , her reproaches and her beauty affected him so deeply that he wished himself a man again , and he at once resumed his natural shape . they sat down together , and he began to caress and to make love to her . soothed by her smiles and her gracious manners , he ventured to lay his head on her lap , and in a little while he fell into a deep slumber . even then , such was her fear of white feather , she doubted whether his sleep might not be feigned . to assure herself she pushed his head aside , and seeing that he remained unconscious , she quickly assumed her own form as the sixth giant , took the plume from the brow of white feather and placed it upon his own head , and with a sudden blow of his war - club changed him into a dog , in which degraded form he followed his enemy to the lodge .
the sixth giant .
who was the woman that was foretold to white feather ?
who was the woman that was foretold to white feather ?