Some of these superstitions were repeated to the Tarkars with the hope of drawing them out and learning just what they believed. They accepted them and Olouala offered the solution of the spirits’ faithful guardianship as it had been explained to him by American negroes. To make this guardianship effective the promise must be obtained during the life of the body. “Suppose some one has a treasure he wishes to conceal--perhaps to bury. He may pick out you who he has never seen before. Perhaps he asks, ‘Do you want to earn ten dollars?’ Of course you do, so you go with him. After he gets to the place where he wishes to bury the gold, he says, ‘I have a treasure here which I wish to bury. But I have to go away--will you promise to watch it until I come back?’ You unsuspectingly promise and as you do so you are killed and your body buried with the treasure that your spirit may guard it forever.” Instead of a person a faithful and intelligent dog or horse may be sacrificed. This, however, is not a Tarkar superstition, but is common to our negro and creole population. The Tarkars during their long residence have explored every foot of this region in their searches for game, berries, fruits, and herbs and they have never had any encounters with the Magazine Point ghosts or any intimation of their presence. Kazoola, however, naïvely intimated that he would prefer not to know where they were located, as he might have occasion to go to these places, and if he did not know where these ghosts were supposed to be, he would not be annoyed or frightened by seeing them. The life of the Tarkars in America has not been characterized by the superstitions ascribed to them; instead their history has been one of hard work, coöperation, self-sacrifice, and a deep longing for home. Their progress has been deeply interesting. Almost entirely cut off from white influence--and that with which they came in contact during their early years in this country could scarcely inspire them with confidence, for they are keenly watchful and observed the advantage which one white took over another--yet protected by our laws, they have worked out their destiny with much more success and honor to themselves than the generality of American-born negroes or of the free blacks who were carried by the American Colonization Society back to Africa, and whose interests have been guarded and furthered by philanthropists.