3 feet diameter, more or less--These Poles are secured by hoops, 3 or 4 in number, & well tied to each pole, so that none be able to move without the rest--This Hut, square, box, or frame, whatever it may be termed is covered with skins, an oil cloth, or some such sort of thing.--The Conjuror is bound hand & foot, not as if he were a man going to _pry_ into futurity, but as a Criminal, i.e. _mere_, pure Devil & one whom they intend never to loosen, so barricaded & cross-corded is the creature, sometimes all crumpled into a heap. He is tied only with his Cloute on him & thus thrust into the hut, underneath, i.e. by raising the lower covering--his "she-she- quay" or rattler with him. Some of them sing on entering, others make a speech, --. Here they remain some several hours, others not 5 minutes before a fluttering is heard. The rattler is shaked at a merry rate & all of a Sudden, either from the top, or below away flies the cords by which the indian was tied _into the lap of he who tied him_. It is then that the Devil is at work--Every instant some one or other enters, which is known to those outside by either the fluttering, the rubbing against the skins of the hut in descending (inside) or the shaking of the rattler, & sometimes all together. When any enter, the hut moves in a most violent manner--I have fre- quently thought that it would be knocked down, or torn out of the Ground. The first (9) The first who enters is commonly Meeh-key-nock (the Turtle) a jolly, jovial sort of a fellow, who, after disencumbering his votary, chats & jokes with those outside & asks for a pipe to smoke &c.--There is a good deal of talking inside as may be supposed from the number of folks collected in so small a space. To some renowned characters, all the Spirits appear. The Thunder also frequently comes but he is desired to remain outside as he would breake all--It is reported that he once entered & split one of the Poles into shivers. The Flying Squirrel also enters--he is no liar, but you must take every thing he says as we do our Dreams i.e. the opposite: his nature is such that he durst not tell the truth but in this ambiguous manner, otherwise the conjuror would soon after die. I do not know that the Skunk ever comes, but the Wolverine (Carcajoux) does & he is known immediately by his stink, which occa- sions no small merriment at his expense, on the outside. The _Loon_ also enters --he is known by his usual cry--"Nee-wih wee-way" repeated commonly 3 times as he does when in the water. And this too occasions a great laugh, for these four syllables, which form the most common Cry of that bird in the _Spring_ of the year, as every body may observe, _are_ also 3 words in the Sauteux & Cree languages, which signify "I want to marry"! "I want to marry"! "What! & will you never "have done marrying?--you were marrying all last Summer & still want to"--will some outside say, & every one has his word to put in.