Daylight fully revealed to the young man the character of his
entertainer. When he looked upon him he saw the visage of Peboan, the
icy old Winter-Spirit. Streams began to flow from the old man's eyes. As
the sun increased he grew less and less in stature, and presently he had
melted completely away. Nothing remained on the place of his lodge-fire
but the mis-kodeed, a small white flower with a pink border, which the
young visitor, Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring, placed in the wreath upon
his brow, as his first trophy in the North.
[Illustration: 0239]