The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-08

he gave the young Indian n white dress
and wings like his own. The young man
flew home to tell his mother he was not
dead; but after he had lived in house
for week he said fortnight would
he seven days more than he could stand.
So he put on his wings and became
Thunderer himself
THAT was jolly" shouted Bennie.
And did they go about together hunt.
ing porcupines?"
"Hol" said Ossawippi. contemptuous-
ly. "Porcupines were nothing to what
they hunted. They would as soon hunt
flies as porcupines. now there were two
of them. Besides, the porcupine was
dead, and the others didn't count. Why,
they hunted the great sea-snake him.
self"
TELL me about it. Tell me about I'll"
cried Rennie, and he threw himself
down at Ossawippi's feet and listened
with eyes and ears and mouth to this
story:
Once upon time there were two
brothers who went Off for big hunt.
ing and put up a wigwam in the for.
est; and one of them was nne and
foolish, but the other was ugly and
wise. Next morning the fine one said:
"Will you hunt to the east?' "Yes,''
said his brother. "Then I will hunt
to the west" said the fine one, and of
he went. In the evening he came
home with not so much as a squirrel,
and his arrows all clean and dry in
l. L a. r l.. =. l.
er's buck meat and went to sleep
without word. Next day the same
thing happened. SO on the third day
his brother only pretended to go
hunting to the east and turned round
and followed behind the trees to the
west.
Presently the handsome hunter
came TO a lake, and he left his bow
and arrows on the bank and dived in
and swan across; and his brother ran
| round the edge calling to him, but
! he did not seem to hear. Then he
came out of the water and went on,
| running like a deer; and his brother
| followed his track till it stopped on
the edge of the sweetwater sea, and
there was neither sight of him, nor
sound, nor scent. The wise brother
waited TIL evening, and then the fine
one came out of the sea and began
to run back into the woods His coat
and lsggings were dry, but the sea
was in his eyes. His brother called
him, but he did not turn or answer,
and then caught hold of him; and the
sea went out of his eyes, and he awoke
and trembled.
what did you go into the sea for?"
asked his brother.
"The great sea snake invited me;
and he shows me wonderful things,
more beautiful than dreams. Every
day he shows me something fresh and
feasts me on strange animals that
taste hundred times finer than ven
ison"
The wise hunter was going home
very sadly through the woods, when
suddenly he came up to high white
wigwam, and two white-coated chiefs
were sitting beside a fire that burned
without n stick of wood.
"Sit at the fire." said the tallest
chief. The young man sat down and
wondered, and said nothing. Then the
white chief spoke again. "Your broth.
, er has been caught by the great water
wizard. the sea snake. He sees moth
ing and eats nothing and in a few
days he will starve to death and the
| wizard will pick his bones. You must
help us to kill the monster"
Then one of the chiefs gave the
; young man new pipe, carved in the
, shape of serpent, of bright red pipe
) stone; and the other gave him fresh
/ tobacco in a beautiful buckskin pouch
: with a serpent embroidered on the
side in strips of porcupine quill. The
, young man took the gifts and lait
them by the edge of the sweet-watel
. sea and called out: "Where is my
, brother?" And his brother put hi:
head out of the water and came anC
sat on a rock and smoked the to
: bacco, and talked of the wonderful
! things the sea snake had shown him
, II don't believe there is any set
! snake" said the wise brother. Bring
p him up and let me see him."
The foolish brother whistled, lil'
e the kissing Of the wind when th'
1 branches are bare. The water begal
to rock as if there was storm blow
|, ing under the sea, and then broke up
S foaming; and horrible serpent will
). three horns came out of the foam.
"Why do you call me?" asked th'
n sea snake.
4: 81 want you TO tell my brothe
I about the wonderful things under tn
h sea-"
# "Are you sure there are no cloud
e in the sky?" said the wizard.
" mot a speck," said the brother.
$ So they sat and listened on the edg
= of the wood while the cruel monste
a told lying tales about the wonderful
k sights and feasts; and while he talke'
the Thunderers came flying over tn