as it contained his only steel & not a small part of his winter stock of Tobacco &c. he was very uneasy, & hunted several times for it: They having told the Interpretor often how kind & charitable & indulgent those _spirits of the upper regions_ were, & he, desirous of Proving them, told the Conjuror to send for his bag. He asked "which of "ye will go for my bag that I lost? He that brings it me, I shall make him "smoke" "I will go, said one--they heard a fluttering noise, & soon after they heard the same fluttering noise & the rattler move, & down fell the bag by the conjuror, covered with snow-- "How stupid thou art, said the spirit, naming the Conjuror, thou passedst over it & yet "did not see it." It was a long time since the bag was lost & the distance was several miles.-- Another one, could not kill with his Gun, owing to its being crooked, or some other cause-- (4) --however, he attached the fault to the Gun--The first time, I beleive it was, that this half-breed conjured. The People on the outside hearing many voices speak as they entered, at last they stopped at one whose voice & articulation was different from that of the others: "Who "is that one just now entered? said those outside--"It is the _Sun_, replied the Conjuror" "ha! well, I am happy of it, said the the indian, is it not _he_ who says himself able "to repair Fire-arms (Guns), & do anything with them he pleases?--ask him (ad- "dressing the Conjuror) if he will not have compassion on me & put my Gun to rights, that "I also may kill--I am walking every day & frequently shoot at moose, but always miss"-- "Hand it me" said a voice from the top of the conjuring frame. The Gun was given to the Conjuror. "It is loaded, continued the voice, shall I fire it off?"--"You may, but "take care you hurt no body" replied the indian. The Gun was fired, & shortly after handed back to the owner--"Here is your Gun--you will kill with it now" said the Spirit.--Both this business of the Gun & smoking bag took place, the first time, I beleive, the man Conjured.-- There are but few Individuals (i.e. men) among the Sauteux or Cris, or Crees who have not their medicine bags--& initiated into some cere- mony or other, but it is not _all_ of them who can Conjur. Among some tribes, most of them, can; & among others again, there are but very few. Nor is it every one of them that tells _all truth_, some scarcily nothing but lies, others again _not one_ false- hood, & this depends upon their _Dreamed_, sometimes, but I think may be equally imputed to their own selves, i.e. Presumption, ignorance, folly, or any other of our passions or weaknesses. But to become Conjurors, they have rights & ceremonies to Perform & go through, which, tho' apparently simple & absurd, yet I have no doubt but fully answer their ends. Any person among them wishing to dive into futurity, must be Young & unpolluted. At any age between 18 & 25. Tho' as near as I can