it till morning, when he would find it filled
with fish.

They cautioned him, that he must by no means look back, although he
would hear a great many voices crying out to him, in abusive terms, for
these voices were nothing but the wind playing through the branches of
the trees. He faithfully obeyed the injunction, although he found it
hard to avoid turning round, to see who was calling out to him. And
when he visited his sack in the morning, he found it filled with fish.

It chanced that Manabozho visited him on the morning that he brought
home the sack of fish. He was invited to partake of a feast, which
Pauppukkeewiss ordered to be prepared for him. While they were eating,
Manabozho could not help asking him, by what means he had procured such
an abundance of food, at a time when they were all in a state of
starvation.

Pauppukkeewiss frankly told him the secret, and repeated the
precautions which were necessary to insure success. Manabozho
determined to profit by his information, and as soon as he could, he
set out to visit the icy castles. All things happened as he had been
told. The spirits seemed propitious, and told him to fill and carry. He
accordingly filled his sacks with ice and snow, and proceeded rapidly
toward the hill of transmutation. But as he ran he heard voices calling
out behind him, "Thief! thief! He has stolen fish from Kabiboonoka,"
cried one. "Mukumik! mukumik! Take it away! Take it away!" cried
another.

In fine, his ears were so assailed by all manner of opprobrious terms,
that he could not avoid turning his head, to see who it was that thus
abused him. But his curiosity dissolved the charm. When he came to
visit his bags next morning, he found them filled with ice and snow. A
high drifting snow storm never fails to bring up this story. The origin
of this queer character is as queer as his acts are phantastic. The
myth asserts, that a man of large stature, and great activity of mind
and body, found himself standing alone on a prairie. He thought to
himself, "How came I here? Are there no beings on this earth but
myself? I must travel and see. I must walk till I find the abodes of
men." So soon as his mind was made up, he set out, he knew not where,
in search of habitations. No obstacles could divert him from his
purpose. Neither prairies, rivers, woods, nor storms had the effect to
daunt his courage or turn him back. After travelling a long time he
came to a wood, in which he saw decayed