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CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

1

GLOOSKAP, THE DIVINITY.

 

Of Glooskap's Birth, and of his Brother Malsum, the Wolf

15

How Glooskap made the Elves and Fairies, and then Man of an Ash-Tree, and last of all the Beasts, and of his Coming at the Last Day

18

Of the Great Deeds which Glooskap did for Men; how he named the Animals, and who they were that formed his Family

28

How Win-pe, the Sorcerer, having stolen Glooskap's Family, was by him pursued. How Glooskap for a Merry Jest cheated the Whale. Of the Song of the Clams, and how the Whale smoked a Pipe

31

Of the Dreadful Deeds of the Evil Pitcher, who was both Man and Woman; how she fell in Love with Glooskap, and, being scorned, became his Enemy. Of the Toads and Porcupines, and the Awful Battle of the Giants

36

How the Story of Glooskap and Pook-jin-skwess, the Evil Pitcher, is told by the Passamaquoddy Indians

41

How Glooskap became friendly to the Loons, and made them his Messengers

50

How Glooskap made his Uncle Mikchich, the Turtle, into a Great Man, and got him a Wife. Of the Turtles' Eggs, and how Glooskap vanquished a Sorcerer by smoking Tobacco

51

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How Glooskap sailed through the Great Cavern of Darkness

59

Of the Great Works which Glooskap made in the Land

62

The Story of Glooskap as told in a few Words by a Woman of the Penobscots

65

How Glooskap, leaving the World, all the Animals mourned for him, and how, ere he departed, he gave Gifts to Men

66

How Glooskap had a Great Frolic with Kitpooseagunow, a Mighty Giant who caught a Whale

74

How Glooskap made a Magician of a Young Man, who aided another to win a Wife and do Wonderful Deeds

81

How a certain Wicked Witch sought to cajole the Great and Good Glooskap, and of her Punishment

92

Of other Men who went to Glooskap for Gifts

94

Of Glooskap and the three other Seekers

98

Of Glooskap and the Sinful Serpent

104

The Tale of Glooskap as told by another Indian, showing how the Toad and Porcupine lost their Noses

106

How Glooskap changed Certain Saucy Indians into Rattlesnakes

110

How Glooskap bound Wuchowsen, the Great Wind-Bird, and made all the Waters in the World stagnant

111

How Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created

114

How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated

120

How the Great Glooskap fought the Giant Sorcerers at Saco, and turned them into Fish

122

How Glooskap went to England and France, and was the first to make America known to the Europeans

127

How Glooskap is making Arrows, and preparing for a Great Battle. The Twilight of the Indian Gods

130

How Glooskap found the Summer

131

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THE MERRY TALES OF LOX, THE MISCHIEF-MAKER.

 

The Surprising and Singular Adventures of two Water Fairies who were also Weasels, and how they each became the Bride of a Star. Including the Mysterious and Wonderful Works of Loa, the Great Indian Devil, who rose from the Dead

140

Of the Wolverine and the Wolves, or how Master Lox froze to Death

170

How Master Lox played a Trick on Mrs. Bear, who lost her Eyesight and had her Eyes opened

174

How Lox came to Grief by trying to catch a Salmon

179

How Master Lox, as a Raccoon, killed the Bear and the Black Cats, and performed other Notable Feats of Skill, all to his Great Discredit

180

How Lox deceived the Ducks, cheated the Chief, and beguiled the Bear

186

The Mischief-Maker. A Tradition of the Origin of the Mythology of the Senecas. A Lox Legend

194

How Lox told a Lie

206

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF MASTER RABBIT.

 

How Master Rabbit sought to rival Keeoony, the Otter

208

How Mahtigwess, the Rabbit, dined with the Woodpecker Girls, and was again humbled by trying to rival them

210

Of the Adventure with Mooin, the Bear; it being the Third and Last Time that Master Rabbit made a Fool of himself

212

Relating bow the Rabbit became Wise by being Original, and of the Terrible Tricks which he by Magic played Loup-Cervier, the Wicked Wild-Cat

213

How Master Rabbit went to a Wedding and won the Bride

223

flow Master Rabbit gave himself Airs

225

The Young Man who was saved by a Rabbit and a Fox

227

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THE CHENOO LEGENDS.

 

The Chenoo, or the Story of a Cannibal with an Icy Heart

233

The Story of the Great Chenoo, as told by the Passamaquoddies

246

The Girl-Chenoo

251

THUNDER STORIES.

 

Of the Girl who married Mount Katahdin, and how all the Indians brought about their own Ruin

255

How a Hunter visited the Thunder Spirits who dwell on Mount Katahdin

259

The Thunder and Lightning Men

263

Of the Woman who married the Thunder, and of their Boy

266

AT-O-SIS, THE SERPENT.

 

How Two Girls were changed to Water-Snakes, and of Two others that became Mermaids

268

Ne Hwas, the Mermaid

270

Of the Woman who loved a Serpent that lived in a Lake

273

The Mother of Serpents

275

Origin of the Black Snakes

278

THE PARTRIDGE.

 

The Adventures of the Great Hero Pulowech, or the Partridge

281

The Story of a Partridge and his Wonderful Wigwam

290

How the Partridge built Good Canoes for all the Birds, and a Bad One for Himself

293

The Mournful Mystery of the Partridge-Witch; setting forth how a Young Man died from Love

295

How one of the Partridge's Wives became a Sheldrake Duck, and why her Feet and Feathers are red

300

THE INVISIBLE ONE

303

STORY OF THE THREE STRONG MEN

311

THE WEEWILLMEKQ'.

 

How a Woman lost a Gun for Fear of the Weewillmekq'.

324

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Muggahmaht'adem, the Dance of Old Age, or the Magic of the Weewillmekq'

327

Another Version of the Dance of Old Age

330

TALES OF MAGIC.

 

M'téoulin, or Indian Magic

334

Story of the Beaver Trapper

342

How a Youth became a Magician

343

Of Old Joe, the M'téoulin

345

Of Governor Francis

345

How a Chief's Son taught his Friend Sorcery

352

Tilmilkoontaoo, or the Broken Wing

359

Fish-Hawk and Scapegrace

363

The Giant Magicians

368

 


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