40 THE LIFE OF

where you are?” I said “yes.” “ Do you see this
pine?” “ Yes, I see it.” “It is a great and high
tree.” I observed that the tree was lofty, reaching
towards the heavens. Its branches extended overland
and water, and its roots were very deep. “ Look on it

while I sing, yes, gaze upon the tree.” He sang, and
pointed to the tree ; it commenced waving its top ; the
earth about its roots was heaved up, and the waters
roared and tossed from one side of their beds to the
other. As soon as he stopped singing, and let fall his
hands, every thing became perfectly still and quiet.
“Now,” said he, “sing the words which I have sung.”
I commenced as follows :——-

“ It is I who travel in the winds,
It is I who whisper in the breeze,
I shake the trees.
I shake the earth,
I trouble the waters on every land.”

VVhile singing, I heard the winds Whistle, saw the
tree waving its top, the earth heaving, heard the waters
roaring, because they were all troubled and agitated.
Then said he, “I am from the rising of the sun, I will
come and see you again. You will not see me often ;
but you will hear me speak.” Thus spoke the spirit,
and then turned away towards the road from which he
had come. Itold my father of my dream, and after
hearing all, he said, “My son, the god of the winds is
kind to you; the aged tree, I hope, may indicate long
life; the wind may indicate that you will travel much;
the water which you saw, and the winds, will carry
your canoe safely through the waves.”