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"And his wondrous stransmigrations." (p2l0)
Pau-Puk -Keewis is the Indian Proteus. Pur-
sued by wrathful Hiawatha, he assumes the form
ola beaver. He was recognized and slain by
Hiawatha, and contunded to jelly, without ma
terial detriment, however to his ghost, which fed
away in human form, hotly pursued by the i'm
placable Hiawatha. Disguised next in the form
of brant, but unskillful in eronautic exercises
in looking downward,he gave too great elevation
to his tail, which caught the breeze and sent him
whirlng in dizzy gyrations to the earth, in the
very midst of his foes, who again reduced his
body to the consistency of jelly Again his
ghost cut dirt, "followed fast by Hiawatha,'
whom he eluded by dancing till he kicked up
dust, and gliding away in serpent form. Forced
from his lurking place, he ret-eated, still in hu-
man form, into cavern. where the lightning
struck him before he had time to assume a new
disguise. Being thus "slain in his own human
figure" he was precluded from ever again seek
ing adventures in that form: but 'the noble
Hiawatha Took his soul, his ghost, his shadow"
and, in very pretty speech. gave it permission
to "soar and sail in circles" as an eagle, "Chief
of Hiawatha's chickens;" in which capacity his
pneumatical essays were more creditable than
the experiment he had made in the character
of brant.
"From the hollow reeds he fashioned
Flutes so musical and mellow (p8D.
Tyl. - ftAl-
"the sweetest of all singers" we find the Indian
Orpheus. His flutes were $50 musical and mel
low that the brook ceased to murmur, the birds
to sing, the squirrels to chatter while the rabbit
"Sat upright to look and listen" Nay. the
brook, and some birds that had musical turn,
the buebird, robin, and whippoorwill. even ap-
piled to Chbabos to give them music lessons.
and it seems probable that he not only received
these as pupils. but took large class; for we
are told that "All the many sounds of nature
Borrowed sweetness fiom his singing"
"Then they summoned Chibiabos
From his grave beneath the waters" (p206)
From thisit seems there were mediums among
the Ojibways, who could 'scall spirits from the
vasty deep, equal to any table-rapper of our day
and at whose demand the spirits came. At least
j Chibiabos "Came, obedient 10 the summons, Te
the doorway of the wigwam, But to enter they
forbade him." They merely gave him a burn
ing frebrand through chink, and he set out OF
the pathway of the dead men, and "Crossed the
, melancholy river," supposed to be the Styx
But if he made any revelations previous to hi
departure. our bard has neglected to record then
much to the regret, no doubt of the moderr
; spirtualists. He must, however, have mad
! subsequent revelations, for the poet sings hi
, observations, that other spirits with whom he
met on his journey, were much oppressed by tn
mistaken kindness of surviving friends in over
loading them with heavy burthens of provision
for their journey; and they said it was better t
i, go naked and fasting ethan to bear such heav
burdens" 80 ps.s.s.. sss@ - s-e.ss {.
'At one end went in an old man,s4s-Ns4aea 4
Wasted, wrinkled old and ugly; Loo sas
Is, From the other came young man, s8bs
Tall and straight and strong and handsom
l5stss Thus 0sseo was trans6gured. !" lpl6Ol
|. The account Of fountsin Of perpetual yout
I and beauty which deluded Ponce de Leon. hs
proved % be fabulous, Had he been SO fortr
mate a. to hear Of this magic hollow log, b
light have accomplished the ultimate object
! mis- quest, by crawling in at one, end and out
y the other, Ike Osseo; fixing care, ofcourze, n'
d come out Of the wrong end, a. persons nov
Ia-days are so liable 10 do in their corneuaexpt
: Iiments, This enchanted hollow log h& Jon
lsince disappeared. possibly from the effect .
! Igradual decay, but more probably Il was secret