"Well!" said one of the Indians, addressing one of the half-breeds living with the white. "Well! Enter now, and see if he be there. Thou art always doubting and denying what we say of these things. Enter then, and see if he be there. Then indeed are our assertions false."
He raised the bottom of the casement and entered. But as he was not below, he rose on his feet and felt for him, but [the conjurer was] not to be found. However he was paid for his curiosity. There was a dreadful fluttering within, but especially about his head. His hair [was] flying about in his face as if in a tempest, and [there were] frequent appearances of small lights before his eyes whichever way he turned. He bawled out and asked those without what was the matter with him. He became afraid and walked out as quick[ly] as he could.
Very shortly after, they heard the same cries of pain, faintly at first, but the voice soon entered. The conjurer said he was carried to where the people were. "They are all asleep, at such a place and tomorrow will be here." He said there were four (spirits) of them, that carried him off. Each held him by the little finger and little toe!
[Stories]
I shall here relate a couple more of these stories.
[The Hunter and the Wolf Spirit]
An Indian told me that several years back he left his lodge on the borders of a large lake to go to the house for some necessaries he wanted. He took a traverse for some islands. The weather was dull but mild. A storm very soon set in. But he persevered. Thinking the wind had changed, he also changed his course. He became very much fatigued and laid down on the ice to rest himself and wait for daylight, for the night had overtaken him. He was not long down before, reflecting on his situation, he became extremely uneasy and was afraid of freezing.
At last he heard a curious noise near him that he could not account for. At first his fears increased, greatly dreading it was some malignant spirit. But having no alternative he resigned himself to his fate.
And I became as composed as though I were safe. And I was too, for an animal much resembling a wolf, and black, came up and covered me. I was very cold, shivering in every limb, but I soon became quite warm. He rose from off me and went on as if inviting me to follow. His eyes appeared like two candles. I followed.
He led me to an island where I made a fire and warmed and dried myself. And as soon as I was rigged, I followed him, for he went off and looked at me so earnestly I took it for an order. He led me straight to the water hole. There happened to be people at the time there going for water. They saw these lights and asked me what occasioned them, or who it was that came with me. I told them it was a compassionate spirit that retrieved me from a dreadful death.