king warrior, to whom was given the
name Moowis. The Beau-man at once took him to the village where the
maiden lived.

Moowis was kindly received by the chief, who invited him into his
lodge. He was finely dressed, and held himself so proudly that the
maiden fell in love with him. The chief asked him to sit near the
fire. But he could not sit there very long, as the heat began to melt
the snow, and soon he would have been a pile of rags. He put a boy
between himself and the fire, and kept moving away until he was near
the door.

Then the chief came and asked him to sit in the bridegroom's chair.
This meant that he was married to the maiden. When it became evening,
Moowis said he must go now, as he had a long journey to make. The
maiden begged to go with him, but he told her she could not. Still she
coaxed so hard that he asked the Beau-man what he should do. "Let her
go with you," he answered; "it will serve her right."

In a little while they set out. Moowis walked so fast that the maiden
had to run to keep up, and in a short time she was very tired. Still
he walked on so swiftly that he was soon far ahead. They walked all
night, and when the sun rose the bridegroom was almost out of sight.
As the day grew warm, his snow began to melt, and as it did so, his
fine clothes began to turn back into rags. Then they began to fall
off. First the maiden found his mittens, next his moccasins, then she
picked up his coat. She walked on calling, "Moowis, where are you?"
But all she could find was bits of rags, beads, and feathers scattered
over the fields. She wandered on from one village to another calling,
"Moowis, Moowis, oh, Moowis, where have you gone?"

The village maidens turned her cry into a song, and used to chant it as
she passed. She never saw anything more of him, although she wandered
on for years, always calling, "Moowis."

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE STAR

There once lived, in a deep forest, a hunter named Waupee, or the White
Hawk. Every day he returned from the chase with birds and animals
which he had killed, for he was very skilful.

One day he walked through the forest till at last he reached the edge
of it, and there before him lay the wide prairie. The grass was so
soft and green, and there were so many flowers, that he wandered on for
a while. He could see that no one lived there, as no trace of
footsteps was to be seen. Suddenly he came to a circle on the prairie.
It looked as