Reading Notes: The Son-In-Law Tests, Reading B

This story is about Wemicus and his daughter who had many husbands. Wemicus put these husbands through a lot, and only one of them remained because he was able to outsmart him. The daughter warned her one husband of the "moccasins camp," which is where the rest of her husbands were killed. When hanging out with Wemicus once, the husband was told that camp is where they were going. He looked for ways to combat what would happen, and he changed the moccasins hanging over the fire so that his were in Wemicus' place. This left Wemicus with no shoes and the husband left him alone there. Wemicus made shoes out of spruce and came home to his daughter and his husband, which they were upset about hoping he'd be gone for good.

Wemicus continued to try to trick the man into doing dangerous things that had killed off her previous husbands. The husband kept outsmarting Wemicus, but he was never successful. The husband kept outsmarting him. Wemicus insisted on racing the man, and the man purposefully let Wemiscus win. This is because the husband knew the wind would upset his canoe, which it did and Wemiscus died.

Canoe tipping. Photo from Google.

This story was odd - didn't seem to have a really lasting point to it. If I were to retell this one, I would have it to where the husband is able to kill Wemiscus off earlier on in the story with less trial and error situations as were listed here.

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