He is a devil. He makes very
strong medicine; the Kahk cannot harm him. He turns it on its
back and tears open its smooth belly. It is ever so. We not
know, but my, father said, that it is because when in the flood
Nana Bojou was floating on the log with Kahk and Ojeeg, Kahk was
insolent and wanted the highest place, but Ojeeg was respectful
to Nana Bojou, he bit the Kahk to teach him a lesson and got
lashed with the tail of many stings. But the Manito drew out the
quills and said: 'It shall be ever thus; the Ojeeg shall conquer
the Kahk and the quills of Kahk shall never do Ojeeg any harm.'"
Chapter 25. The Otter Slide
It was late now and the hunters camped in the high cool woods.
Skookum whined in his sleep so loudly as to waken them once or
twice. Near dawn they heard the howling of wolves and the
curiously similar hooting of a horned owl. There is, indeed,
almost no differece between the short opening howl of a she-wolf
and the long hoot of the owl. As he listened, half awake, Rolf
heard a whirr of wings which stopped overhead, then a familiar
chuckle. He sat up and saw Skookum sadly lift his misshapen head
to gaze at a row of black-breasted grouse partridge on a branch
above, but the poor doggie was feeling too sick to take any
active interest.
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