At this sign of defeat many of the crows left him to join in the feast.

By the time he was half way to the cover into which Maheegun had gone all but one had left him.

That one may have been Kakakew himself.

He had fastened himself like a rat-trap to Neewa's stubby tail, and there he hung on like grim death while Neewa ran.

He kept his hold until his victim was well into the cover.