(32) "to move, & as the old fellow raised his voice so did its motion increase, 'till at last it began "whirling round with great violence, sometimes one way & then another 'till it was wound "up close to the stick, when it began changing sides--sometimes _upon_ & sometimes _below_ "the stick. He ceased: began to talk with us & saying he was afraid it would not _answer_ "Thus he did 3 times, & the bark moved every time with the same violence. Now he "desired in the beginning that "if his _familiar_ would have compassion on him, he would "render these 3 moose foolish: that they might not be possessed of their usual cunning"-- "&c. The next day we went out--the old man, his son & myself, a hunting--we were hungry--We walked 'till late in the day & finding no tracks I proposed our return, but he told me we ought to proceed; 'for in the low ground beyond a "small ridge then near in sight of us, we may perhaps find some tracks-- "I am never deceived when my I am answered' (i.e. my bark dances)--We soon "reached this low Ground & shortly after heard a noise: jumping, running & breaking "of Sticks 'ah! here they are,' said the old man: 'see how their _head_ is turned! "what a noise they make,--how they play--they are foolish. We killed them all." "If you doubt me; ask any of the indians, & see if they wont all tell you that _he_ does so when he wants to kill."--Another story: for _love potions_, or philters, are also com- posed of this. "There were several young men (half-breeds) of us together & also some "young women, who came with us to await the arrival of their husbands from Fort "William at _that_ place. Two of our party wanted to pay them a _visit_ in the "night & I endeavoured to dissuade them, but to no purpose:--they went, & met "with the reception I foretold: they began bawling out and on purpose to awake "every one near & shame us; for we were lodging by ourselves & then took good "cudgels & pursued them into our place: _we_ enjoyed this confusion of the others "tho partly at our own expenses. One of them then addressed me come Bpt. this _bitch_ "'has vexed me,--I know you have _good medicine_,--give me some of it that I may "'laugh at her in my turn. (I must tell you that one of them I have known many years back was, & is still, a _bitch_ i.e. according the indian acceptation (as well as well as our own,) of the term; & the man is the same one I mentioned little above, at the conclusion & beginning of p.p. 30 & 31) "I gave him some with the _directions_ - "--he returned again very soon after (in the same night)--found her asleep--he "then rubbed her forehead, opposite her heart, the _pit_ of the stomach, & the palms "of both hands. Then he awoke her. The next day, as my comrades were desi- "rous of revenging themselves, they broached the conversation publicly & had the laugh in "their turn: the women had the _best_ at the offset, but as they could not deny the other