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spirits talking,, and singing, and Keating rvitd tdeir rattles on tde rnain post. Ver/ soktl/ lie crept toward tde post ancl kelt ok it. He could keel it trsindls, bnt could not keel an/tding tdere. Vde sdarnan was l/ing quietl/ on tds ground, and /st tde spirit ivas singing ancl deating tds rattle violentl/ at tds top ok tlie post. 8uddenl/ lie rsacded over to tlie tire and lighted tlie pitcli stick, rvdicd dlaried np drigdtl/. Instantl/ tds singing stopped, dut lie saiv notliing. Ilie rneeting, ok course, at once droks np. Vde rnan was rnncli excited to tliink lie kad not seen an/tding, as lie trad never dslievsd ivdat tlie sliainans said adout tlie spirits. Ide started to go koine to liis carnp kor tlie niglit, dnt dad gone onl/ adont two dnndred steps ^vdsn de degan to ivavsr, tden walked aronnd and aronnd in circles, and dnall/ kell over dead, Xnotder tale is to tds elkect tdat anotlrer rnan sirnilarl/ liglited a pitcd stick, and saiv tds spirit in tds sdape ok a rnan, danging dead doivnvard krorn tds sinoke-dole, dis tongne dsing vsrv long and reacding dovn to tde ground. Xs soon as tds stick rvas ligdted, tdis od^'set kell to tds ground and disappeared, ^de rnan ivdo dad ligdted tde pitcd stick kell over dead in a ke^v ininutes ivitdout sa/ing a ivord. Otdsr stories are told ok sdarnans acquiring kor guardian spirits tde spirits ok anirnals introduced d/ tds ivdites. One case is descrided ivdsrs tde sdarnan tdougdt tdat, inasinucd as tds rvdites ivsre evidsntl/ so rnucd rnore poivsrkul tdan tde Indians, tdeir anirnals must davs rnore cunning spirits tdan tdose ok tde Indians. 80 de resolved to acquire tde spirit ok tde donev-dec. Idis de did, and tden rvas adls to secure ivdisks/ in unliinited quantities, as tde dee could insert its prodoscis tdrougd tds corks ok dotties, or tdrougd tde closed dung-doles ok darrels, and suck out tds liquor, rvdicd it akter- rvard put into otder receptacles kor tde Indians' use. Vde dee could also enter an/wdere, as it could unlock all doors dv inserting its prodoscis. dor a tirns tde sdarnan rvas ex- trsrnelv popular, kor de v/as adls to sudstantiate dis clairns as to tde ivdisks/. Uis control over tds spirit ok tds des, dvivever, suddenl/ ivas lost. Xinong tde cvdits residents ok tds region, tdis rvas ascridsd to tdeir discover/ ok a loose doard in tds wall