ighted youth and placed him in the canoe. In vain the boy addressed
him--"My grandfather (a term of respect for old people), pray take my
little brother also. Alone, I cannot go with you; he will starve if I
leave him." Mishosha (the old man) only laughed at him. Then uttering
the charm, Chemaun Poll, and giving his canoe a slap, it glided through
the water with inconceivable swiftness. In a few moments they reached
the habitation of the magician, standing on an island in the centre of
the lake. Here he lived with his two daughters, who managed the affairs
of his household. Leading the young man up to the lodge, he addressed
his eldest daughter. "Here," said he, "my daughter, I have brought a
young man to be your husband." Husband! thought the young woman; rather
another victim of your bad arts, and your insatiate enmity to the human
race. But she made no reply, seeming thereby to acquiesce in her
father's will.

The young man thought he saw surprise depicted in the eyes of the
daughter, during the scene of this introduction, and determined to
watch events narrowly. In the evening he overheard the two daughters in
conversation. "There," said the eldest daughter, "I told you he would
not be satisfied with his last sacrifice. He has brought another
victim, under the pretence of providing me a husband. Husband, indeed!
the poor youth will be in some horrible predicament before another sun
has set. When shall we be spared the scenes of vice and wickedness
which are daily taking place before our eyes?"

Panigwun took the first opportunity of acquainting the daughters how he
had been carried off, and been compelled to leave his little brother on
the shore. They told him to wait until their father was asleep, then to
get up and take his canoe, and using the charm he had obtained, it
would carry him quickly to his brother. That he could carry him food,
prepare a lodge for him, and be back before daybreak. He did, in every
respect, as he had been directed--the canoe obeyed the charm, and
carried him safely over, and after providing for the subsistence of his
brother, he told him that in a short time he should come for him. Then
returning to the enchanted island, he resumed his place in the lodge,
before the magician awoke. Once, during the night, Mishosha awoke, and
not seeing his destined son-in-law, asked his daughter what had become
of him. She replied that he had merely stepped out, and would be back
soon. This satisfied hi