[6] Bay of Saganaum, in Lake Huron.
[7] Cress or crease, a poisoned arrow, seldom used, however, by the tribes east of the Rocky Mountains.
[8] Bird of Ages—See the Tradition vol. ii. page 35.
[9] Virginia.
[10] Scalps are suspended from a pole in the lodge, and usually in the smoke.
[11] Alluding to the custom of the Indian of shaving off all the hair except the scalp-lock.
[12] Wekolis—another name for the whip-poor-will.
[13] Talk—oration, also synonimous with "cabinet council, or general meeting, with a view to matters of high importance."
[14] Cunning little people, the common Indian appellation for those sagacious animals, the beavers.
[15] As I have remarked in a note (vol. i, page 305.) this is a metaphorical expression, signifying nothing more than that they will wage a bloody and destructive war.