8 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

Oochigeaskw trimmed the moccasins and skirt and coat with the shells, and then she wound strings of them about her head. She had no beautiful braids to be adorned with them, and she was so ashamed. But she started out bravely in search of Team, the won- derful hunter.

When her sisters saw her going away they cried:

“Where are you going? Come back, you lit- tle scarred one!”

But Oochigeaskw was afraid of them no longer.

“I will not go back to you, and I am going to the lodge of Team,” she called out.

As she passed through the village, the chil- dren threw stones at her, shouting:

“Oochigeaskw, Oochigeaskw! Go back! Go back!”

Some of the stones struck her and hurt her, but she kept on. Even the men and women laughed at her, pointing at her and calling:

“Oochigeaskw! Oh, Oochigeaskw, little scarred one! Go back! Go back!”

But, at last Oochigeaskw reached the lodge of Team. The sister greeted her kindly, and at sunset the two went down to the shore. Away in the distance sounded the faint dip, dip of a paddle. The two maidens stood with their hands shading their eyes, looking in the direc-