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INTRODUCTION |
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GLOOSKAP, THE DIVINITY. |
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Of Glooskap's Birth, and of his Brother Malsum, the Wolf |
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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 |
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Of the Great Deeds which Glooskap did for Men; how he named the Animals, and who they were that formed his Family |
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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 |
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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 |
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How the Story of Glooskap and Pook-jin-skwess, the Evil Pitcher, is told by the Passamaquoddy Indians |
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How Glooskap became friendly to the Loons, and made them his Messengers |
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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 |
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How Glooskap sailed through the Great Cavern of Darkness |
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Of the Great Works which Glooskap made in the Land |
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The Story of Glooskap as told in a few Words by a Woman of the Penobscots |
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How Glooskap, leaving the World, all the Animals mourned for him, and how, ere he departed, he gave Gifts to Men |
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How Glooskap had a Great Frolic with Kitpooseagunow, a Mighty Giant who caught a Whale |
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How Glooskap made a Magician of a Young Man, who aided another to win a Wife and do Wonderful Deeds |
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How a certain Wicked Witch sought to cajole the Great and Good Glooskap, and of her Punishment |
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Of other Men who went to Glooskap for Gifts |
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Of Glooskap and the three other Seekers |
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Of Glooskap and the Sinful Serpent |
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The Tale of Glooskap as told by another Indian, showing how the Toad and Porcupine lost their Noses |
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How Glooskap changed Certain Saucy Indians into Rattlesnakes |
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How Glooskap bound Wuchowsen, the Great Wind-Bird, and made all the Waters in the World stagnant |
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How Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created |
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How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated |
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How the Great Glooskap fought the Giant Sorcerers at Saco, and turned them into Fish |
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How Glooskap went to England and France, and was the first to make America known to the Europeans |
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How Glooskap is making Arrows, and preparing for a Great Battle. The Twilight of the Indian Gods |
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How Glooskap found the Summer |
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THE MERRY TALES OF LOX, THE MISCHIEF-MAKER. |
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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 |
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Of the Wolverine and the Wolves, or how Master Lox froze to Death |
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How Master Lox played a Trick on Mrs. Bear, who lost her Eyesight and had her Eyes opened |
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How Lox came to Grief by trying to catch a Salmon |
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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 |
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How Lox deceived the Ducks, cheated the Chief, and beguiled the Bear |
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The Mischief-Maker. A Tradition of the Origin of the Mythology of the Senecas. A Lox Legend |
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How Lox told a Lie |
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THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF MASTER RABBIT. |
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How Master Rabbit sought to rival Keeoony, the Otter |
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How Mahtigwess, the Rabbit, dined with the Woodpecker Girls, and was again humbled by trying to rival them |
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Of the Adventure with Mooin, the Bear; it being the Third and Last Time that Master Rabbit made a Fool of himself |
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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 |
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How Master Rabbit went to a Wedding and won the Bride |
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flow Master Rabbit gave himself Airs |
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The Young Man who was saved by a Rabbit and a Fox |
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THE CHENOO LEGENDS. |
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The Chenoo, or the Story of a Cannibal with an Icy Heart |
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The Story of the Great Chenoo, as told by the Passamaquoddies |
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The Girl-Chenoo |
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THUNDER STORIES. |
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Of the Girl who married Mount Katahdin, and how all the Indians brought about their own Ruin |
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How a Hunter visited the Thunder Spirits who dwell on Mount Katahdin |
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The Thunder and Lightning Men |
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Of the Woman who married the Thunder, and of their Boy |
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AT-O-SIS, THE SERPENT. |
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How Two Girls were changed to Water-Snakes, and of Two others that became Mermaids |
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Ne Hwas, the Mermaid |
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Of the Woman who loved a Serpent that lived in a Lake |
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The Mother of Serpents |
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Origin of the Black Snakes |
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THE PARTRIDGE. |
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The Adventures of the Great Hero Pulowech, or the Partridge |
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The Story of a Partridge and his Wonderful Wigwam |
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How the Partridge built Good Canoes for all the Birds, and a Bad One for Himself |
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The Mournful Mystery of the Partridge-Witch; setting forth how a Young Man died from Love |
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How one of the Partridge's Wives became a Sheldrake Duck, and why her Feet and Feathers are red |
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THE INVISIBLE ONE |
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STORY OF THE THREE STRONG MEN |
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THE WEEWILLMEKQ'. |
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How a Woman lost a Gun for Fear of the Weewillmekq'. |
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Muggahmaht'adem, the Dance of Old Age, or the Magic of the Weewillmekq' |
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Another Version of the Dance of Old Age |
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TALES OF MAGIC. |
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M'téoulin, or Indian Magic |
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Story of the Beaver Trapper |
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How a Youth became a Magician |
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Of Old Joe, the M'téoulin |
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Of Governor Francis |
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How a Chief's Son taught his Friend Sorcery |
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Tilmilkoontaoo, or the Broken Wing |
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Fish-Hawk and Scapegrace |
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The Giant Magicians |