The author of Queer Person gives us again an intimate picture into the hearts and minds of the Indians he knows so well. A strange blend of superstition, of high spirituality, and of questionable moral codes, from the conventional view-point -- his Indians are real and significant. This is not so unique a piece of characterization, this story of an Indian who broke his own pledge to his Spirit -- and of the punishment meted out to him by the jealous powers. But it is good reading, and sound Indian lore and life.