The new era., 1860-04-19

Indian woman, whose nalf was Wnlte dS
the snow. She said "come in grand
child" Upon entering, she saw several
children and another woman, whom pre-
sently, the woman with the white hair,
with great club, felled to the ground.
Seeing this, the terrified wanderer fled,
and still faster flew in the deeply trav-
eled furrow of the wide spiritroad -
She soon came to where the road was
still more deeply beaten, and even the
grass on the margin was trampled,- =
Sounds of rejoicing were heard, beau
tiful music and happy voices. Her
spirit thrilled, her velocity Of speed
quickened, and with sounds of dancing
and the beating Of drums that were
borne upon her ear, she too danced
involuntarily A boundless prarie arose
before her, white, as if covered with
snow AS she came to it nearer, she
found that its white appearance was
owing to It's being covered with neat
lodges composed of the whitest birchen
bark. Women and children were
standing in the doors, welcoming her,
and crying here comes our expect
ed-the one we have waited for long"
She recognised many of her deceased
relatives and friends. Her grandmoth-
er called her in, was delighted to see
her, and prepared some wild rice for
her to eat. AS she took the ladle to
convey it to her lips, the same odor as
the strawberry had emitted caused her to
return it to her grandmother who was
|displeased and threw the whole of the
rice away. AS it was thrown from the
kettle in which it had been cooked, she
observed that it was full of insects and
creeping things. She went to another
lodge occupied by her aunt, who re-
ceived her kindly and cooked for her
whortleberrics and meat. This she
was prevented from tasting for the same
as the rice, and as her aunt. dis
pleased, threw away the whole, she
observed that it was full of lizards In
like manner, on visiting another rela-
tive, the food prepared for her was full
of serpents. Leaving that lodge, she
saw in the centre Of the prairie wig
wan larger than the others. This she
entered. An old Indian with long white
hair, was seated before very large
drum which he was beating most vigor-
ously-as she was very hungry he or
dered food to be prepared for her, which
proved to be but bark and Shells
Whereupon she was told that as her
relatives could cook her nothing that
she could eat, she might 90 to the whites
The old man commanded little boy
to lead her from the prairie. She came
to white house, which she found to be
Inhabited by white people. They salu-
ted her kindly--but alas the flour
which they mixed and baked for her
turned into ashes. Then white man
placed his hand on her head, smoothing
down her hair, on removing which, her
black hair was changed to white
Then she returned to the prairie vii
lage. Friends and relatives met her
but their looks were changed Their
faces were pale, and their eyes hollow
and ghastly. Then she. knew that she
was on the lard of spirits, and turned
to depart. There was great commo-
ton then among the spirits. The grand
mother shouted to the others that the
one they had expected, the new arrived,
was escaping, and they all rushed in
pursuit. Finally they yielded the chase
and halting, told her, that she might go
back to earth and lead the wretch ed life
of mortals till her hair should be white.
Thus did she journey and adventure
in the spirit-and -on her return from
which to consciousness, she knew she
was to live to be old, which she inferred
from the fact Of being told she should
live till her hair was white. Fred was
sleeping soundly when she had finished
her narration, abserving which, Ke-
|shig-o-qua SAID that if he had been an
Indian and had fallen asleep while any
one had been talking of spirits it would
have been true sign that he was soon
to die. She added that till within few
years, she could, on looking in a per-
sons face, know if he was to die, by
tracing in the eye and countenance a
look like that she had observed in the
countenances of her spirit-friends. She