470 PICTURE-WRITING OF ‘THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Which being translated from the Passamaquoddy language means— 
I have left the Black Cat on an island, 
I shall be chief of the Fishers now! 
The continuation of the story is found in many variant shapes. 
In one of them Glooscap’s friend the Fox came to his rescue, as 
through Glooscap’s m’toulin or magic power he heard the song of 
appeal though miles away beyond forests and mountains. In others the 
Sea Serpent appears in answer to the Hero-God’s call, and the latter, 
mounting the serpent’s back, takes a load of stones as his cargo to throw 
at the serpent’s horns when the latter did not swim fast enough. In 
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Fia, 655.—Myth of Atosis. 
the figure the island is shown at the lower right hand as a roundish 
outline with Glooscap inside. The small round objects to the left are 
probably the gull’s eggs, but may be the stimulating stones above men- 
tioned. Pokinsquss stands rejoicing in the stern of a canoe, which 
points i the wavy water away from the island. The device to the 
left ot the witch may be the dismantled camp of the Black Cats, and 
the one to her right is perhaps where the Fox “beyond forests and 
mountains” heard Glooseap’s song of distress. 
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