Identifier: lostgiantotheram00higg (find matches)
Title: The lost giant and other American Indian tales retold;
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Higgins, Violet Moore
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Racine : Whitman
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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s still worried over his dream, and in-sisted upon going. But I will not leave you unless Ifind a tribe which will be kind to you,he said at last, as they were starting,and with that promise Wasewahto hadto be satisfied. The giant swung theboy to his shoulder and set out. 16 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES After four days travel they reacheda strange camp, and here they foundWapiti. She was furiously angry whenshe saw the boy, but a fear of thegiant kept her silent. When he hadtold her his dream, she too felt uneasy,and pretended to welcome , asewahto.But when the giant left him with hisstepmother, and prepared to leave, thechild sobbed and cried so hard and pleadedso earnestly with his friend to stay andlive near him, that the big man paused. I will stay if the tribe will haveme, he said at last, and no one daredrefuse. When they had given their con-sent the giant said: I mil work forthe tribe—I will hunt and fish andfight—but one thing you must promiseme. Never give me otters flesh to eat
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IN ANOTHER INSTANT THEY CAME FLYING OUT OF THE BAG THE LOST GIANT 17 or I will go away and never return.So the tribe promised, and littleWasewahto was happy. The giant taughthim to hunt and fish, so that neveragain would he have to starve if Wapitishould desert him. The little boy soonhad many friends. He was so merryand bright, his aim with an arrow wasso true and he was such a brave littlewarrior, that all the tribe loved him. All but Wapiti—she still hated theboy, and she hated the giant even more,for she felt that had it not been forhim, she would long a^o have been ridof the unwelcome child. In her heartshe was always trying to make someplan whereby she might be freed fromboth of them. One day a hunter broughtin a freshly killed deer for the giant, 18 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES who was very fond of roast venison,and Wapiti at last had her chance. She prepared a splendid roast, buthere and there among the deer meatshe made a tiny slit with a sharp knife,and slid in pieces of otter fl

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