caton scahten franosoni yndicho." That means that I could go in all
these places--they said the names of all the castles--freely and every-
where. I should be provided with a house and a fire and wood and
everything I needed; and if I wanted to go to the Frenchmen they
would guide me there and back; and after that they shouted again:
"Netho, netho, netho!" and they made a present of another beaver
skin to me, and we ate to-day bear meat that we were invited to. In
this house, belonging to the chief, there were three or four meals a
day, and they did not cook in it, as everything was brought in from
the other houses in large kettles; for it was the council that took their
meals here every day. And whoever then happens to be in the house
receives a bowlful of food; for it is the rule here that everyone that
comes here has his bowl filled; and if they are short of bowls they
bring them and their spoons with them. They go thus and seat them-
selves side by side; the bowls are then fetched and brought back
filled, for a guest that is invited does not rise before he has eaten.
Sometimes they sing, and sometimes they do not, thanking the host
before they return home.

January 4. Two savages came, inviting us to come and see how
they used to drive away the devil. I told them that I had seen it
before; but they did not move off, and I had to go; and because I
did not choose to go alone I took Jeronimus along. I saw a dozen
men together who were going to drive him off. After we arrived
the floor of the house was thickly covered with the bark of trees
for the hunters of the devil to walk upon. They were mostly old
men, and they had their faces all painted with red paint--which
they always do when they are going to do anything unusual.
Three men among them had a wreath on their heads, on which
stuck five white crosses. These wreaths are made of deer hair