owing eyes, her own sunk to the
ground. Searching was his look, as if to descry the secrets of her
soul, and at last he spoke.

"Leelinau," he said, "the Great Spirit created thee loveliest among
the daughters of women; wherefore gave he thee not a heart?

"Leelinau, Wampum-hair will sigh no more for thee. Henceforth, thou
art to him only a flower or a painted bird.

"Leelinau, the waters of the Yaupaae have extinguished the fire that
burned here," and he laid his hand on his heart. He turned upon his
heel and left the assemblage.

Astonishment at the address of Magisaunikwa at first held all mute,
but presently a cry for revenge arose among the kinsmen of
the slighted maiden. But the commanding voice of the wise
Aishkwagon-ai-bee stilled the tumult.

"The blood of the mighty Ojeeg," he said, "cannot mingle with water.
The Great Spirit hath taken this way to release Leelinau from a
promise which He is displeased that she made."

Whatever might have been the vindictive feelings of the relations of
Leelinau, their resentment was never visited on the head of the young
hunter. Once, it is said, two brothers of the rejected maiden lay in
ambush to take his life; but as he passed unconsciously near them, and
the fatal arrows were drawn to the head against his bosom, Manabozho
appeared and forbade the deed.

Magisaunikwa continued to cherish through a long life his love of
peace. He obtained a great influence over his own and the neighboring
tribes, and succeeded in spreading widely his pacific views. At the
time of his death, which happened at an advanced age, the calumet
of peace was everywhere smoked among the northern tribes, and their
numbers had greatly increased. Wampum-hair was universally honored,
and regarded as the cause of this felicity. But no wife ever cooked
the venison in his lodge. With the dream of his youth vanished all
predilection for the softer sex. He had loved and been disappointed.
Where he expected to meet gentleness he had found pride. He looked for
the yielding willow, and behold the inflexible oak!

But in Leelinau also a revolution had been effected. Her whole being
was transformed. What devoted love that anticipated every wish was
incapable of accomplishing, indifference achieved. Her soul from that
moment flew on the wings of desire after Magisaunikwa. At first she
thought his conduct caused by some temporary pique or resentment, and
trusted to the power of her fascinations to restore