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THE DEMON DANCE ON 

 CHASKA-WATER 



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LUE in its tawny hills is 

 Chaska-water. Black are 

 the spruce-trees that raise 

 their spires on its banks. 

 Ducks and Gulls in myri- 

 ads are here, and the shallows are dotted 

 with Rat-houses. The Loon and the 

 Grebe find harvest in its darker reaches. 

 The Blue Heron and the Rail stalk and 

 skulk on its sedgy margin. Fish swarm in 

 its depths, Deer and Rabbits on its banks. 

 Birds in its trees abound. For Chaska- 

 water, rippling bright or darkling blue, is 

 a summer home of the Sun-god. Ninna- 

 bo-jou is its guardian and its indwellers 

 are his special care. All through the 

 summer he taught them and led them — 



