The Algonquin Legends of New England: Contents

The Algonquin Legends of New England, by Charles G. Leland, [1884], at sacred-texts.com

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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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