PART 1 Introductory Remarks ... ... 1 Conjuring: The Interpreter's Account Initiations and Conjuring ... ... 4 In Quest of Dreams Dialogue with a Spirit ... ... 5 Principal Spirits Wee-suck-ā-jāāk / Gey-Shay-mani-_to_ ... ... 6 Key-jick-oh-kay (Old Nick) Water Lynx ... ... 7 Sun A Dream Meeting with Sun Thunder ... ... 8 Roots and Herbs (Medicines) The Manner of Conjuring Building the Lodge Preparing the Conjurer Spirits who Enter the Lodge and Interactions with Them Meeh-key-nock (Turtle) ... ... 9 Thunder Flying Squirrel Wolverine Loon Hercules / Strong Neck: Altercation with a Young Man O-may-me-thay-day-ce-cee-wuck (Ancients or Hairy Breasts) Sun ... ... 10 Pike Buffaloe Omniscience of Spirits Showing the Turtle Spirit ... ... 11 Bear Keyjickahkaiw Wee-suck-ā-jāāk Practices of Powerful Conjurers Mythology North Wind & his Daughter (Birth of Wee-suck-ā-jāāk & Mishabôse) ... 13 Death of Mishabôse Wee-suck-ā-jāāk and Kingfisher Myths of the Flood Wee-suck-ā-jāāk's Revenge on the Sea Lynxes Wee-suck-ā-jāāk Tricks a Water Lynx and Beaver Recreation of the Land ... ... 14 Wolf Surveys the Land ... ... 15 Creation of Humans Separation of Land into Plains and Woods ... 16 Wee-suck-ā-jāāk Travels the Earth, has a Son, becomes a Woman Language Use Conversations ... ... 17 The Figure in the Dream is Sickness Sickness Gives Warnings of Diseases Reappearances of Spirits in Dreams to Teach the Votary ... ... 18 Malevolent Spirits (Need for Regular Sacrifices) Accounts of Pahkack Attacks at Home and While Hunting Making Offerings at a Hunting Camp ... ... 19 Description of Pahkack The Feast to Pahkack ... ... 20 Roots and Medicines ... ... 21 The Abode of the Medicine Spirit Teaching the Medicines to the Votary Stones and Their Virtues ... ... 23 Songs and Notes Treatment of the Sick ... ... 24 Ceremonies and Songs Related to Starvation ... ... 25 Fugitive Pieces The Soul ... ... 27 An Attempt to Capture a Soul Representation of the Soul ... ... 28 Imprisonment of a Soul