bien tost, demande si on n'a point entendu ses cris: tout le monde dit
que non, horsmis deux ieunes hommes ses parens, qui disent auoir ouy des
plaintes fort sourdes, et comme de loing. O qu'ils le firent aise!
Se tournant vers moy, il se mit a rire, disant: Voyez cette robe noire,
qui nous vient dire qu'il ne faut tuer personne. Comme ie regardois
attentiuement l'espee et le poignard, il me les fit presenter: Regarde,
dit-il, qu'est cela? C'est du sang, repartis-ie. De qui? De quelque
Orignac ou d'autre animal. Ils se mocquerent de moy, disants que
c'estoit du sang de ce Sorcier de Gaspe. Comment, dis-je, il est a plus
de cent lieues d'icy? Il est vray, font-ils, mais c'est le Manitou,
c'est a dire le Diable, qui apporte son sang pardessous la terre."--
Relation, 1634, 21. ]

There was a young prophet, or diviner, in one of the neighboring huts,
of whom the sorcerer took counsel as to the prospect of his restoration
to health. The divining-lodge was formed, in this instance, of five or
six upright posts planted in a circle and covered with a blanket.
The prophet ensconced himself within; and after a long interval of
singing, the spirits declared their presence by their usual squeaking
utterances from the recesses of the mystic tabernacle. Their responses
were not unfavorable; and the sorcerer drew much consolation from the
invocations of his brother impostor. [ See Introduction. Also,
"Pioneers of France," 315. ]

Besides his incessant endeavors to annoy Le Jeune, the sorcerer now and
then tried to frighten him. On one occasion, when a period of starvation
had been followed by a successful hunt, the whole party assembled for one
of the gluttonous feasts usual with them at such times. While the guests
sat expectant, and the squaws were about to ladle out the banquet,
the sorcerer suddenly leaped up, exclaiming, that he had lost his senses,