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"Come, grandpa, come!" said Black Cat for the last time. Then he said, "I am coming; wait till I open my door;" and then he opened the door of his wigwam and the Morning Star came forth, the water began to recede, and the Beaver swam away. Then Black Cat's grandfather told him to come down, and he would send him over the water to the other shore on the back of the Wewillemuck.
So pleased was he that he said, "Scrape from my horns some fine dust, and, whatever you wish, put this powder upon it and it is yours." So Black Cat scraped off some powder from the horns of Wewillemuck. The Raven was told to build a wigwam for Cooloo, who was chief. Black Cat went to see Pookjinsquess; he scattered a ring of powder around her wigwam, and then set it on fire.
They were also friendly to Leux, and on one occasion are said to have gathered the bones and fragments of the "Merry God" together and restored his life. Brown has identified Wewillemuck as the snail. Some of the Indians say that it is a large lizard like an alligator. As they were crossing the channel, Wewillemuck said to the Black Cat, "When we get near shore tell me."
Black Cat thought that Wewillemuck was too small to carry him over, but his grandfather told him to seat himself between his horns, and when he wished Wewillemuck to go faster he should tap him on the horns. The grandfather then gave his grandson a small bow and arrows, and put him on the snail's back between his horns.
But Black Cat gave Wewillemuck a sharp rap on the horns, and the snail jumped forward and went so far that both went a far distance inland. Wewillemuck said, "Why did you not tell me we were near the land? Now I cannot get back to the water again." But Black Cat took his small bow and arrows, and with them carried Wewillemuck back to the water.
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