from human lips; but in a tongue unknown 

 to any of the audience.' 



'After some time, these confused and 

 frightful noises were succeeded by a per- 

 fect silence; and now a voice, not heard 

 before, seemed to manifest the arrival of 

 a new character in the tent. This was a 

 low and feeble voice, resembling the cry of 

 a young puppy. The sound was no sooner 

 distinguished, than all the Indians clapped 

 their hands for joy, exclaiming, that this 

 was the Chief Spirit, the TURTLE, the 

 spirit that never lied! Other voices, 

 which they had discriminated from time to 

 time, they had previously hissed, as recog- 

 nizing them to belong to evil and lying 

 spirits, which deceive mankind.' 



'Questions having been put by the priest, 

 the tent instantly shook; and for some sec- 

 onds after, it continued to rock so violently, 

 that I expected to see it levelled with the 

 ground.' 



'A quarter of an hour elapsed in silence, 

 and I waited impatiently to see what was 

 to be the next incident, in this scene of 

 imposture. It consisted in the return of the 

 spirit, whose voice was again heard, and 

 who delivered a continued speech. The 

 language of the GREAT TURTLE, like 

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