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      To them the animals are not inferior, merely different, each with its peculiar and remarkably adequate gifts. To those of them who have not become callous through long association with commercial interests, t h e killing of an animal is a personal matter, not to be done without due reason, they being co dwellers in the same environment, and the Indian having a kindred feeling for them. With regard to some species he must make some atonement, and should he destroy a creature the name of which he bears or that is the patron beast of his clan, the act has, to him, all the aspect of a murder. These beliefs are unfortunately dying out amongst the modern type of Indian, and are adhered to mainly on account of fear of possible consequences.
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