I went out one time a hunting beaver with a friend of mine. It was a long distance from our lodges. We killed six beavers, and slept out. I awoke in the night and was much astonished to observe a man seated on the opposite side of the fire, resting his head on both hands, with his elbows on his knees apparently in a very pensive, sullen manner. He had but skin and bone--not the least particle of flesh; and _this_ one had hair on his bony head. I gently pushed my friend and told him to look at _that stranger_. We were both extremely agitated in consequence of our fear, and were at a loss what to do. Having no alternative I arose. Conceiving he came to ask for something to eat, I took a beaver, cut it in two and presented him the half of it. He did not deign to look at it. I was much afraid. I then bethought of cutting it into mouthfuls, which after presenting him, I threw into the fire. Thus I did with the whole, and when done, he arose and walked off peaceably in the _air_. {20} [Description of Pahkack] This sort they term _Pâh-kàck_, Skeletons, or such as die of hunger, or some that die extremely lean, whether from the consumption or other sickness. These, many of them, when they have nothing but just the mere skin and bone remaining, some of them in this situation, disappear from the earth and go to reside with all those who have already departed in that distressed state. This band, or congregation, [has] a head or chief. Their color is commonly green, though sometimes black. And it is extremely uncommon when one has even any hair, being bald--as if a blown bladder. They sometimes are heard in the day; the [noise] is sometimes as of a quantity of dried bones rattled or shaken in a forcible manner in a kettle. And sometimes [they are heard], as above related, making that same monotonous but frightful cry of "He'h! He'h!" very quick and with an abrupt termination. [The Feast to Pahkack] The sacrifice they offer to these is grease, generally a large bladder full, and of the best kind. All the natives present are invited. Tobacco, of course, goes before everything else. He who makes the feast or his assistant most commonly lights, or fills rather, the pipes of all who smoke. But when it is [lighted], it is first presented to that quarter where _these_ are supposed to reside (I believe in the northwest or west), then to the cardinal points, then to the (bladder of) grease which is put in a dish fit to contain it and covered with down.