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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.

CONTENTS
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