This story teller assured us, there in the shadow of the pines, the glow of the campfire illumining his face, and not so brilliantly the faces of his listeners, that, when the moon was full, the evil spirits began to eat it, and they never ceased until it was entirely devoured. Then the Great Spirit knowing it was not well

to let evil spirits run about at all times of the night, and that they shunned the light as much as possible, began making a new moon. This he worked upon night after night until he had it complete. Hanging it in the sky, he went about his business, and then it would be again attacked and devoured by the evil ones.

Part of the stories of Indians are supposed to be Indian history and tradition, but they are all about as full of child-like vagaries as the above conception of the changing moon. There are many Indian stories, of which I shall reproduce a few that may relate to this particular part of the country, and shall give some extracts of their translated songs.

An inside knowledge of Indian life yields the information that their sentiments, their romance, their poetry, their natural human inclinations are not far different from those of their white brothers. The "Indian in a man" has been referred to in many ways -- wild nature, vindictiveness, treachery, and is more frequently used to indicate cruel or evil characteristics.

That is because the side of Indian life that has been most dwelt upon by writers, and that