The next one is Old Nick. Him some term "Key-jick-oh-kay" (The 'J' being pronounced soft, as Git or Gil, in French, for I know of no English word where properly speaking the J is of any use and has the sound seemed intended by it) or "Key-jick-oh-ka_iw_". I cannot at present give the proper signification of this name for I am not sufficiently acquainted with the language, but it appears to me as to mean "he who made the day or skies, or resides in the sky." This one they represent wicked, and terrible, inexorable to the highest degree, always plotting evil and endeavouring to circumvent the rest of the creation. [He] is always jawing and bawling. But when the other appears, he orders him in a peremptory manner. "Hold thy tongue. Get thee hence, thou deceiver; thou ill-liver." But these words are uttered in such an authoratative and commanding tone that the Indians themselves are quite astonished to see one who is so uncommonly kind and indulgent to them in every respect, so tender and affectionate, even in the choice of his words, assume so suddenly and with so much authority, so much power over one whose name alone they never utter but with the greatest dread and horror. Their horror of the Devil is so great, that no one ever utters [his name] but when unavoidable. And if, through inadvertency or ignorance, one of their children should mention it, he is severely reprimanded by all who hear. [Water Lynx] There is also the Sea Serpent, a monstrous animal and has much power. {7} The Mermaid (or Sea-Man), the Water Lynx or rather Tyger--a dreadful character [is] this last, who keeps all the inhabitants of the deep in the greatest subjection. There are however one or two who contend with him, and sometimes he is reduced to the necessity of compounding with them--the Great Turtle, and many others. They have their abodes in the deep, but perfectly dry and comfortable. Each one of these, and indeed all of them, have their stories or mythology. Some I forget entirely and others remember too incorrectly to mention at present. {These [spirits], when anyone conjures, if he is a renowned _medicine_ man, _they_ all appear and speak to him, mostly in his own language. Some few excepted are the _Pike_ (a jack fish) who speaks French, the Sun and Moon both speak English, the Bull or Buffaloe in an unknown, or at least strange, language. But all [are] perfectly intelligible to the conjurer. I am quite astray--leaving the proper thread of my story to follow one of its branches. I ought to have said that.} [Sun] The Sun, when he appears to an Indian, he is seen in the heavens, as an Indian (i. e. a man) _walking on the wind_. His dress is of a variety of colors and handsome. [A Dream Meeting with Sun]