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THE DEMON DANCE ON CHASKA-WATER

Blue in its tawny hills is Chaska-water. Black are the spruce-trees that raise their spires on its banks. Ducks and Gulls in myriads 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 — ..text pokračuje