Myths and Legends of British North America/95
WOLVERENE AND BRANT
WOLVERENE once called all the birds together. He said, "Do you not know that I am your brother? Come to me and I will dress you in feathers." So he dressed them all up in feathers, and made wings for himself. He said, "Now, brothers, let us fly."
Brant said to Wolverene, "You must not look below when we are flying over a point of land, when you hear a noise below. Take a turn when we take a turn."
The first time they took a turn, Wolverene did not look below, though he heard a noise. At the second turn, when the birds came over a point of land, he heard the shouting of Indians below. At once he looked down. And down he came like a bundle of rags!
All the Indians ran up to him, shouting, "A brant has fallen down." They found nothing but an old dead wolverene.