The Bear is a rough beast and makes a devil of a racket.
[Keyjickahkaiw]
Towards the latter end, Master Keyjickahkaiw, that old serpent Satan, enters. His arrival is announced. All hands are grieved for then the conclusion is soon to take place. He makes everything fly again, kicking up his own (the Devil's) racket, jawing and blabbing, scolding and giving the lie to and abusing all hands. The Indians are hurt and displeased, but durst not say anything. They must swallow all quietly And then it is that the conjurer most dreads for his own bacon. This however does not last very long, for Wee-suck-ā-jāāk (the Supreme Being) enters last. As soon as his coming is announced, Nick begins to sneak, but still en maitre. Wee-suck-ā-jāāk enters, Nick jaws, silence is imposed, Nick [is] still troublesome. At last the word comes authoratatively and away he flies.
[Wee-suck-ā-jāāk]
The Indians are uncommonly fond of Wee-suck-ā-jāāk. He commonly speaks to this effect.
My Little (Grand) Children, I am very indulgent and kind. I am very charitable, and love you much, a great deal more than you imagine. You must not live ill, nor make a bad use of your power and knowledge, for I hate that. Hence it is I command Nick in that authoratative manner, because he is wickedly inclined. Mischief and destruction are in his nature; he grieves at any good he sees. Take ye heed, beware of him, for he is ever on the watch to destroy you.
When Charly enters, after some abuse, he calls out, "Get ye hence, get ye hence. What are ye doing so long from your home? Off with ye immediately!". And [he] rubs up and down the skins that form the covering lest any should be hid. Thus he sends off all the spirits, who, as they fly off, as well as when they enter, give this frame a terrible shaking. It may be supposed what sort of a shaking he gives as he comes and goes, and how he shakes the rattler;—for they all shake the rattler on entering. When Wee-suck-ā-jāāk goes off all is done.
[Practices of Powerful Conjurers]
Some conjurers are so powerful that the hut they enter, must be doubled; that is two rows or sets of poles, one on the outside [of] the other, and each row fastened with good strong hoops well tied, after which the outer and inner row are also fastened. Thus arranged they seem to be beyond the power of any three or four men to move. Yet when the spirits enter, it sets a-going with a motion equal to that of a single pole indifferently stuck in the ground and violently moved by a man.
I have never seen any of these double ones, but twice or thrice saw the others whilst the conjurer was in. Some time afterwards, when they were off, I shook them with both hands and with all my strength, but the motion was nothing like that of the conjurers. I have been told that those [conjurers] who enter these double ones are so powerful that almost all the creation comes to see them, and [the poles] are shaken with uncommon violence.