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outfit for a corpse. He explained that he was to die 

 before Charley came back; that he would die "when 

 the sun rose at that island" (a week ahead). He got 

 the clothes, though every one laughed at him. A week 

 later he put on the new garments and said: "To-day I 

 die when the sun is over that island !" He went out, 

 looking at the sun from time to time, placidly smoking. 

 When the sun got to the right place he came in, lay 

 down by the fire, and in a few minutes was dead. 



We buried him in the ground, to his brother's 

 great indignation when he heard of it. He said: 

 "You white men live on things that come out of the 

 ground, and are buried in the ground, and properly, 

 but we Indians live on things that run above ground, 

 and want to take our last sleep in the trees." 



Another case of Indian clairvoyance ran thus : About 

 1879, when Anderson was at Abitibi, the winter packet 

 used to leave Montreal, January 2, each year, and 

 arrive at Abitibi January 19. This year it did not 

 come. The men were much bothered as all plans were 

 upset. After waiting about two weeks, some of the 

 Indians and half-breeds advised Anderson to consult 

 the conjuring woman, Mash-kou-tay Ish-quay (Prairie 

 woman, a Flathead from Stuart Lake, B. C.). He went 

 and paid her some tobacco. She drummed and con- 

 jured all night. She came in the morning and told 

 him: "The packet is at the foot of a rapid now, where 

 there is open water; the snow is deep and the trav- 

 elling heavy, but it will be here to-morrow when the 

 sun is at that point." 



Sure enough, it all fell out as she had told. This 



