_Eastern Eskimo_
Sometimes Owl greatly disturbs a camp of Indians. Short-eared Owl
will come to a camp just at the dimming of the twilight, and when
the Indians hear his quiet flitting through the trees they are on
the alert. Immediately they hang up some robe or leggings which they
have not worn, which is just a silent way of saying, “We are not so
poor as you think.” Owl annoys only poor people.
Owl also likes the lower levels, so the Indians camp often on the
higher lands where he does not come.