PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE CREATION
GRANDFATHER THUNDER
THE FIGHT OF THE WITCHES
LISKE [2]
STORY OF W?L?T
OLD SNOWBALL
L-WS-KI-NI-GESS, THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS
M'TE?LIN, THE GREAT WITCH
SUMMER
THE BUILDING OF THE BOATS [8]
THE MERMAN
STORY OF STURGEON
GRANDFATHER KIAW?KQ'
OLD GOVERNOR JOHN
K'CH? GESS'N, THE NORTHWEST WIND
BIG BELLY
CH?BALOCH, THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR
STORY OF TEAM, THE MOOSE
THE SNAKE AND THE PORCUPINE
WHY THE RABBIT'S NOSE IS SPLIT
STORY OF THE SQUIRREL
WAWB?BAN, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
THE WOOD WORM'S STORY, SHOWING WHY THE RAVEN'S FEATHERS ARE BLACK
IN INDIAN TENTS
IN INDIAN TENTS
Stories
TOLD BY PENOBSCOT, PASSAMAQUODDY
AND MICMAC INDIANS
TO
ABBY L. ALGER
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BOSTON
ROBERTS BROTHERS
1897
Copyright, 1897,
By Roberts Brothers.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
This Book
IS
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
TO
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND,
TO WHOSE INSPIRATION IT OWES
ITS ORIGIN.
