Part 5, Zeegwun (Spring), Chapter 14 Summary

"Full Circle" As the family once again builds their birchbark house, Omakayas once again misses those who have left her - Neewo, Ten Snow, and Andeg. One day, Albert La Pautre comes for a visit, full of an important story - how he suddenly acquired a new spirit helper, one that came to him as he attempted to steal one of Old Tallow's traps which, he says, she owed him. But just as he was reaching for it, he says, a crow came and spoke to him, in words, telling him to stop! The family laughs happily, having realized the crow must have been Andeg. They are too overcome with laughter to tell Albert who had expected a more awestruck response and leaves in a huff, hopeful that his guardian spirit will return. Later, as the family...