k, never to
rise more.

"Ever since this victory, the Puck Wudj Ininee have made that point of
rock a favorite resort. The hunters often hear them laugh, and see
their little plumes shake as they pass this scene on light summer
evenings.

"My son," continued the old man, "take care that you do not imitate the
faults of Kwasind. If he had not so often exerted his strength merely
for the sake of _boasting_, he would not, perhaps, have made the
fairies feel jealous of him. It is better to use the strength you have,
in a quiet useful way, than to sigh after the possession of a giant's
power. For if you run, or wrestle, or jump, or fire at a mark, only as
well as your equals in years, nobody will envy you. But if you would
needs be a Kwasind, you must expect a Kwasind's fate."

[40] _i.e._ Place of shallow cataract, named _Sault de Ste.
Marie_ on the arrival of the French. This is the _local_ form of
the word, the substantive proper terminates in Eeg.

[41] Nets are set in winter, in high northern latitudes, through
orifices cut in the ice.

[42] A kind of water spirits.

THE JEEBI,

OR

TWO GHOSTS.

FROM THE ODJIBWA.

There lived a hunter in the north who had a wife and one child. His
lodge stood far off in the forest, several days' journey from any
other. He spent his days in hunting, and his evenings in relating to
his wife the incidents that had befallen him. As game was very
abundant, he found no difficulty in killing as much as they wanted.
Just in all his acts, he lived a peaceful and happy life.

One evening during the winter season, it chanced that he remained out
later than usual, and his wife began to feel uneasy, for fear some
accident had befallen him. It was already dark. She listened
attentively, and at last heard the sound of approaching footsteps. Not
doubting it was her husband, she went to the door and beheld two
strange females. She bade them enter, and invited them to remain.

She observed that they were total strangers in the country. There was
something so peculiar in their looks, air, and manner, that she was
uneasy in their company. They would not come near the fire; they sat in
a remote part of the lodge, were shy and taciturn, and drew their
garments about them in such a manner as nearly to hide their faces. So
far as she could judge, they were pale, hollow-eyed, and long-visaged,
very thin and emaciated. There was but little light in the