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"' Again, and many times again, shall 'our 

 people try to overthrow these stone men by all 

 trick and sublety of war, but vainly ; for in their 

 hands the Giants carry in leash Ishkodah, the 

 Comet with the fiery tail, with which to blind and 

 kill the Red Brothers from without, while in a 

 seeming friendly cup they hold out burning water 

 to kill them with unquenched thirst. The Stone 

 Giants come ! I hear their earth tread even 

 now ! ' she whispered, shivering. 



" ' How and whence know you this, my daugh- 

 ter ? ' questioned Kanida, with a troubled look. 



" Wenona looked up, laughing gayly, her mood 

 changing suddenly. 



" 4 Whence know I it ? Everything whispers it 

 as gossip. Apuk-wa, the Bulrush, told it to me, 

 and when I doubted, Arinemeekee, the Thunder, 

 said that it was so. Kayoshk', the Sea Gull, told 

 me that he had himself seen the Stone Giants 

 crossing a mighty river in great canoes that sank 

 not in spite of the vast weight, and when I 

 doubted, Wabun, the East Wind, told me it 

 was so, for he and Kabibonokka had followed 

 these canoes, striving to upset them, but could 

 not. 



'"More than this draw close, Kanida, for I 

 may but whisper Wabeno, the Magician, told 



