'O, Mahneto!' he exclaimed, in a hoarse and howling voice; 'O, Richtan-Mahneto,[1] who created the first man and woman out of a stone, and placed them in these forests to be the parents of thy red children; is it thy will that Terah shall leave his brethren to mourn his departed goodness and wisdom, and go on that long and toilsome journey that leads to the hunting-grounds of our forefathers? Surely when his spirit _knocks at the door,_ it will be opened to him, and the warriors of our tribe will welcome him, while his foes will be driven away with the awful sentence, _Quachet!_[2] Yes, Terah, the wise in counsel, and the fearless in war, shall surely dwell in the fields of happiness, and again strike the prey with the renewed strength and skill of his youth. But not yet, Mahneto! O, not yet!…I see Hobbamock lurking there in the gloom! I see his fiery eagle eyes, and I hear the flap of his heavy wing; and I know that he hovers here to suck the blood of Terah, with all his murderous Weettakos around him![3] But Tisquantum's charms are too strong for him: he cannot approach the sick man now. Ha! Maatche- Mahneto!' he cried--and again he fixed his glaring eyes on the dark space in the far corner of the hut, from which the spectators had shrunk trembling away--' Ha! spirit of evil! I behold thee--and I defy thee! Terah is not thine; and my power has compelled thee to send the _Ashkook,_[4] with his healing tongue, to lick my brother's wounds; and _Wobsacuck,_ with eagle beak, to devour the venom that clogs his veins, and makes his breath come short and thick. I feel them on my shoulders, as they sit there, and stretch out their necks to do my bidding! Terah shall live!' [Footnote 1: _‘Richtan,’_ supposed to signify old--‘Ancient of Days’-- the Maker] [Footnote 2: _Quachet,_ begone, or _march off;_ supposed to be the sentence of condemnation uttered against the souls of the wicked, when they present themselves, and _‘knock at the door'_ that leads to the Indian Paradise.] [Footnote 3: _Weettako,_ a kind of vampire or devil, into which the Crees and other tribes suppose all who have ever fed on human flesh to be transformed after death.] [Footnote 4: _Ashkooke,_ a demon in the form of a snake, who, with his brother-fiend, _Wobsacuck,_ are supposed to be sent by Hobbamock to heal the sick, when forced, by the potent spells of the great Powow, to work good instead of evil.]