Algonquin Legends of New England. Charles Godfrey Leland
PERSONS.
Tomah Josephs, Passamaquoddy, Indian Governor at Peter Dana's Point,
Maine.
The Rev. Silas T. Rand, Baptist Missionary among the Micmac Indians at Hantsport, Nova Scotia. This gentleman lent me his manuscript collection of eighty-five stories, all taken down from verbal Indian narration. He also communicated much information in letters, etc.
John Gabriel, and his son Peter J. Gabriel, Passamaquoddy Indians, of
Point Pleasant, Maine.
Noel Josephs, of Peter Dana's Point, alias Che gach goch, the Raven.
Joseph Tomah, Passamaquoddy, of Point Pleasant.
Louis Mitchell, Indian member of the Legislature of Maine. To this gentleman I am greatly indebted for manuscripts, letters, and oral narrations of great value.
Sapiel Selmo, keeper of the Wampum Record, formerly read every four years, at the kindling of the great fire at Canawagha.
Marie Saksis, of Oldtown, a capital and very accurate narrator of many traditions.
Miss Abby Alger, of Boston, by whom I was greatly aided in collecting the Passamaquoddy stories, and who obtained several for me among the St. Francis or Abenaki Indians.
Edward Jack, of Fredericton, for several Micmac legends and many letters containing folk-lore, all taken down by him directly from Indians.
Mrs. W. Wallace Brown. Mr. Brown was agent in charge of the Passamaquoddies in Maine. To this lady, who has a great influence over the Indians, and is much interested in their folk-lore and legends, I am indebted for a large collection of very interesting material of the most varied description.
Noel Neptune, Penobscot, Oldtown, Maine.
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
The Story of Glooskap. A curious manuscript in Indian-English, obtained for me by Tomah Josephs.
The Dominion Monthly for 1871. Containing nine Micmac legends by Rev. S.T. Rand.
Indian Legends. (Manuscript of 900 pp. folio.) Collected among the Micmac Indians, and translated by Silas T. Rand, Missionary to the Micmacs.
A Manuscript Collection of Passamaquoddy Legends and Folk-Lore. By Mrs. W. Wallace Brown, of Calais, Maine. These are all given with the greatest accuracy as narrated by Indians, some in broken Indian-English. They embrace a very great variety of folk-lore.
Manuscript Fairy Tales in Indian and English. By Louis Mitchell.
Manuscript: The Superstitions of the Passamaquoddies. In Indian and English.
A History of the Passamaquoddy Indians. Manuscript of 80 pages, Indian and English. All of these were written for me by L. Mitchell, M.L.
Wampum Records. Read for me by Sapiel Selmo, the only living Indian who has the key to them.
David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations. Lockport, N.Y., 1848. Printed, but written in Indian-English.
Manuscript: Six Stories of the St. Francis or Abenaki Indians. Taken down by Miss Abby Alger.
Osgood's Maritime Provinces. In this work there are seven short extracts relative to Glooskap given without reference to any book or author.
INTRODUCTION
GLOOSKAP, THE DIVINITY.
Of Glooskap's Birth, and of his Brother Malsum, the Wolf
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
Of the Great Deeds which Glooskap did for Men; how he named the
Animals, and who they were that formed his Family
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
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
How the Story of Glooskap and Pook-jin-skwess, the Evil Pitcher, is told by the Passamaquoddy Indians
How Glooskap became friendly to the Loons, and made them his Messengers
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
How Glooskap sailed through the Great Cavern of Darkness
Of the Great Works which Glooskap made in the Land
The Story of Glooskap as told in a few Words by a Woman of the
Penobscots
How Glooskap, leaving the World, all the Animals mourned for him, and how, ere he departed, he gave Gifts to Men
How Glooskap had a Great Frolic with Kitpooseagunow, a Mighty Giant who caught a Whale
How Glooskap made a Magician of a Young Man, who aided another to win a
Wife and do Wonderful Deeds
How a certain Wicked Witch sought to cajole the Great and Good
Glooskap, and of her Punishment
Of other Men who went to Glooskap for Gifts
Of Glooskap and the three other Seekers
Of Glooskap and the Sinful Serpent
The Tale of Glooskap as told by another Indian, showing how the Toad and Porcupine lost their Noses
How Glooskap changed Certain Saucy Indians into Rattlesnakes
How Glooskap bound Wuchowsen, the Great Wind-Bird, and made all the
Waters in the World stagnant
How Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the
Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created
How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated
How the Great Glooskap fought the Giant Sorcerers at Saco, and turned them into Fish
How Glooskap went to England and France, and was the first to make
America known to the Europeans
How Glooskap is making Arrows, and preparing for a Great Battle. The
Twilight of the Indian Gods
How Glooskap found the Summer
THE MERRY TAXES 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 Lox, the Great Indian Devil, who rose from the Dead
Of the Wolverine and the Wolves, or how Master Lox froze to Death
How Master Lox played a Trick on Mrs. Bear, who lost her Eyesight and had her Eyes opened
How Lox came to Grief by trying to catch a Salmon
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
How Lox deceived the Ducks, cheated the Chief, and beguiled the Bear
The Mischief-Maker. A Tradition of the Origin of the Mythology of the