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with deep interest to her relation of the dreams of her
childhood. I gave her a few wild ducks from my boas
load of game, and a yard of scarlet cloth—a fabric
which is esteemed very highly by the Indian women.
This I did in payment for those early impressions she
had made upon my mind, leading me to believe that
the noble deeds of man are those, and those only, which
are performed for the good of others; and that virtue
will be alike rewarded in the future, whether it be
found and cherished in pagan lands or in Christian
temples.

There is one Ruler whom we call Ke-sha-mon-e-doo,
“Benevolent Spirit,” or Ke-che-mon-e-doo, “Great Spirit.”
This being is over the universe at the same time, ruling
all under different names, such as “the god of war,”
“the god of the fish,” &e. ¥

The Sun is the wigwam of the Great Spirit, and itis
as the abode of this being that the Indians view that
luminary. Very few of the Northern Indians ever held
the idea that the Sun was an object of worship.

‘When great Councils are held, or the Medicine wor-
ship is in progress, if the day is clear the Indians think
that the Great Spirit smiles upon them. If it be cloudy,
it is thought the Great Spirit is displeased.

None of the Indian youth are allowed to speak the