THE OQJIBWAY NATION. 167

neath her ; above all was clear. She saw the path she
had followed, and around it she beheld the lightning’s
flash.

“That which is before you, bordering on the great
hill, is Infancy. It is pleasant, but dangerous. The
rocks represent the perilous times of life. But keep
moving : look not behind you again, until you have
reached the highest peak.”

* Up—up they went. The way was diversified—some-
times safe, at other times dangérous. ‘When they had
fully ascended, they beheld on one side the deep, broad
ocean : at the other, the lofty, numerous mountains of
the West—Ocean glittering in the sunlight—Nature
rearing its battlements to the skies.

One of the maiden’s companions touched her head,
when one-half of her hair was changed to snowy white-
ness. Then she awoke, much exhausted.

The next morning, when her mother came, and, as
before, wished her to accompany her, she determined
that if on her next visit she should refuse, she would
take her from the cave by main force.

", In her last dream she saw a cance sailing upon Lake
Superior. It came to where she stood, and she was
asked to enter it. She did so, when one of her visiters
began to chant a song :—