Spirit Lake . igure may resemble a young mooselooking toward the spirit trail. Then a maidwho has not yet entered womanhood muststand off at the regular hunting distance 98 SPIRIT LAKE and shoot five successive arrows into theimage. The shooting must take place upona moonUght night. Should one shot fail,it means that the spirit has rejected the must be found, but she must notshoot during the same moon. If she issuccessful, then the hunter may go againupon the trail with the assurance that allis well, and that he may now kill theTalking Moose. This is the belief of all ourpeople. N
Spirit Lake . igure may resemble a young mooselooking toward the spirit trail. Then a maidwho has not yet entered womanhood muststand off at the regular hunting distance 98 SPIRIT LAKE and shoot five successive arrows into theimage. The shooting must take place upona moonUght night. Should one shot fail,it means that the spirit has rejected the must be found, but she must notshoot during the same moon. If she issuccessful, then the hunter may go againupon the trail with the assurance that allis well, and that he may now kill theTalking Moose. This is the belief of all ourpeople. Next morning Standing Wolf set out uponthe hunt, and returned the second day withthe complete skin of a moose fawn. Thewomen stuffed the skin and mounted it upona point overlooking the lake. StandingWolf, in the meantime, accompanied At-tickon the round of his trapping trail to help himto reset his traps and deadfalls. That nightStanding Wolf, while fixing a trap, caught aglimpse of a fox as it passed the outer. Standing Wolf, while fixing a trap, caught a glimpse of a fox as it passedthe outer glare of the firelight. THE TALKING MOOSE 99 glare of the firelight. This he hailed as agood omen. As the boys woodcraft hadbeen unequal to the task of capturing andkilling the wolverine, Standing Wolf showedhim how to make pellets of pounded glassmixed with grease. These the old hunterdropped here and there in likely At-ticks traps were all in order,Standing Wolf returned to camp. Next night, when all was in readiness, andthe moon was at the proper height, old Noo-koom arose, and taking The Snowbird withher bow and arrows, set out to find the fawnthat was looking toward the spirit up the hill, Noo-koom dropped be-hind, while the child continued to followan imaginary trail. Catching sight of theimage of the moose-calf, she crept cautiouslywithin easy range, raised her bow and sentfive successive arrows through the she returned. 100 SPIRIT LAKE At the f
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