POINT GREY

his last stand against the Four Men. The
Paleface calls the place Point Grey, but the
Indians yet speak of it as ‘The Battle Ground
of the West Wind.’ All his mighty forces he
now brought to bear against the oncoming
canoe; he swept great hurricanes about the
stony ledges; he caused the sea to beat and
swirl in tempestuous fury along its narrow
fastnesses, but the canoe came nearer and
nearer, invincible as those shores, and strong-
er than death itself. As the bow touched the
land the Four Men arose and commanded the
West Wind to cease his war cry, and, mighty
though he had been, his voice trembled and
sobbed itself into a gentle breeze, then fell to
a whispering note, then faded into exquisite
silence.

“ ‘Oh, you evil one with the unkind heart,’
cried the Four Men, ‘you have been too great
a god for even the Sagalie Tyee to obliterate
you forever, but you shall live on, live now to
serve, not to hinder mankind. You shall turn
into stone where you now stand, and you
shall rise only as men wish you to. Your life
from this day shall be for the good of man, for
when the fisherman’s sails are idle and his
lodge is leagues away you shall fill those
sails and blow his craft free, in whatever direc-
tion he desires. You shall stand where you
are through all the thousands upon thousands

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