he women took him out into the snow to skin him; but, as soon as his
flesh got cold, his _Jee-bi_ went off.

Paup-Puk-Keewiss found himself standing near a prairie, having
reassumed his mortal shape. After walking a distance, he saw a herd of
elk feeding. He admired the apparent ease and enjoyment of their life,
and thought there could be nothing pleasanter than the liberty of
running about and feeding on the prairies. He asked them if they could
not turn him into their shape.

"Yes," they answered, after a pause. "Get down on your hands and feet."
And he soon found himself an elk.

"I want big horns, big feet," said he; "I wish to be very large."

"Yes! yes!" they said.

"There!" exerting their power; "are you big enough?"

"Yes!" he answered, for he saw that he was very large. They spent a
good time in grazing and running. Being rather cold one day, he went
into a thick wood for shelter, and was followed by most of the herd.
They had not been long there before some elks from behind passed the
others like a strong wind. All took the alarm, and off they ran, he
with the rest.

"Keep out on the plains," they said.

But he found it was too late, as they had already got entangled in the
thick woods. Paup-Puk-Keewiss soon smelt the hunters, who were closely
following his trail, for they had left all the others and followed him.
He jumped furiously, and broke down saplings in his flight, but it only
served to retard his progress. He soon felt an arrow in his side; he
jumped over trees in his agony, but the arrows clattered thicker and
thicker upon his sides, and at last one entered his heart. He fell to
the ground, and heard the whoop of triumph sounded by the hunters. On
coming up, they looked on the carcass with astonishment, and with their
hands up to their mouths exclaimed Ty-au! Ty-au! There were about sixty
in the party, who had come out on a special hunt, as one of their
number had, the day before, observed his _large tracks_ on the plains.
After skinning him and his flesh getting cold, his _Jee-bi_ took its
flight from the carcass, and he again found himself in human shape,
with a bow and arrows.

But his passion for adventure was not yet cooled; for, on coming to a
large lake with a sandy beach, he saw a large flock of brant, and,
speaking to them, asked them to turn him into a brant.

"Yes," they replied.

"But I want to be very large," he said.

"Very well," they answered; and he soon found himself