“The Great Spirit,” replied the man.
“Oh, oh,” thought the Evil Spirit, “if he can make such a being so can I.”
So he went to work, and tried his best to make an Indian like the man he saw, but he made some mistake, and only made a black man. When he saw that he had failed he was very angry, and in that state was walking about when he met a black bear.
“Who made you?” he asked.
“The Great Spirit,” answered the bear.
“Then,” thought the Evil Spirit, “I will make a bear too.”
To work he went, but do what he would he could not make a black bear, but only a grizzly one, unfit for food. More disgusted than before, he was walking through the forest when he found a beautiful serpent.
“The Great Spirit,” replied the serpent.
“Then I will make some like you,” said the Evil Maker.