474 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
straighten it in the fire, holding it there until the steam came out of the 
end. Then while the Snake watched the new mode of straightening 
sticks Sable should strike the Snake over the eyes. The Sable sought 
out the most crooked stick he could find and then returned to the wig- 
wam where the Snake was. The Snake said the stick was too crooked. 
The Sable replied as directed and held it in the fire. When it was 
burning he struck the Snake with it over the eyes, blinded him, and ran 
away. The Snake followed the Sable, and as he passed over the hem- 
lock trunk the Black Cat killed him and they cut him into small pieces. 
Fic. 659.—Story of Glooscap. 
The two human figures on the left show the animals under the forest 
trees in human form bidding good-bye before they parted in search of 
the right trail. Their diminutive size gives the suggestion of distance 
from the main scene. Next comes the great Snake’s wigwam, the stars 
outside showing that night had come, and inside the kettle hung over 
a fire, and on its right appear the wide-open jaws and an indication of 
the head of the great Snake. The very crooked stick is on the other 
side. Farther on the Black Cat comes responsive to the Sable’s call. 
Next is shown the Black Cat and the Sable, who is in human form, 
near the hemlock tree. The fact that the tree is fallen is suggested, 
without any attempt at perspective, by the broken-off branches and the 
thick part of the trunk being upturned. The illustration ends with the 
Black Cat sitting upon the Snake, clawing and throwing around pieces 
of it. 
The illustration above presented gives an excellent example of the 
art of the Passamaquoddy in producing pictures by the simple secrap- 
ing of birch bark. 
The characters in Fig. 660 are reproduced from Schoolcraft (/). 
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Fig. 660.—Ojibwa shamanistic symbols. 
The first device, beginning at the left, is used by the Ojibwa to 
denote a spirit or man enlightened from on high, having the head of 
the sun. 
The second device is drawn by the Ojibwa tor a “‘* wabeno” or shaman. 
