INDIAN HISTORY. 25. 
ly every night, just before sunset, during the month of June. The 
Indians believe this island to be inhabited by a Manitou. There 
are different kinds of Manitous ; some are good, others are bad ; 
this one they believe to be very wicked, and if an Indian is 
drowned while out in his canoe, they, in some way, connect it 
with this Manitou, and no Indian can be persuaded to set foot 
upon the island, or to go near it. I was informed of this by a-Mr. 
Whitesides, Photographic Artist, who made a tour around Supe- 
rior, for the purpose of taking stereoscopic views. When approach- 
ing the island, having a Mackinac boat, and two assistants, one of 
them, an Indian, when aware of Mr. Whiteside’s intentions, threat- 
ened to jump overboard, unless he changed the course of the boat, 
and put him on the main shore ; nor could bribes or threats alter 
the Indian’s determination. 
