Then Glooscap took his bow and arrows and shot at an ash-tree.
In another story the father of Glooscap is mentioned as a being who lives under a great fall of water down in the earth.
“Where Glooscap lived,” interrupted René, always glad to contribute to the narratives.
By combining this story with some given by Leland it would seem that the child was Glooscap.
Glooscap had not the heart to drown them, but he changed them all to serpent form.