The rest of the Indians, who seemed in some doubt respecting the powers of a devil when put in competition with those of a white man, ranged themselves around and watched the result with anxiety.
Nothing remarkable occurred for a long time.

The conjurer continued his song at intervals, and it was occasionally taken up by those without.

In this manner an hour and a half elapsed; but at length our attention, which had begun to flag, was roused by the violent shaking of the conjuring-house.

It was instantly whispered round the circle, that at least one devil had crept under the moose-skin.

But it proved to be only the "God-like man" trembling with cold.