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Myths and Legends of British North America

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1. Front matter 2. PREFACE 3. ILLUSTRATIONS 4. BELIEFS 5. BELIEFS 6. BELIEFS 7. CREATION OF THE WORLD 8. HOW THE EARTH WAS FORMED 9. OLD ONE AND CREATION 10. CREATION OF THE EARTH 11. RAVEN AND CREATION 12. ORIGIN OF RIVERS IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS 13. ORIGIN OF HAIDA LAND 14. RAVEN AND MOON WOMAN 15. ORIGIN OF LIGHT 16. ORIGIN OF LIGHT 17. CREATION OF LIGHT 18. COMING OF FIRE 19. HOW GRIZZLY BEAR AND COYOTE MADE LIGHT AND THE SEASONS 20. ORIGIN OF LIGHT AND FIRE 21. HOW FIRE WAS SECURED 22. HOW RAVEN BROUGHT FIRE 23. WHEN MINK CARRIED THE TORCHES 24. OLD ONE 25. THE GREAT FIRE 26. THE BURNING OF THE WORLD 27. THE HOUSE OF SUN 28. WHY THE SUN IS BRIGHT 29. WHEN SUN WAS SNARED 30. SUN AND MOON 31. THE MAN IN THE MOON 32. WHY THE MOON IS PALE 33. THE WOMAN IN THE MOON 34. MOON 35. WAR WITH THE SKY PEOPLE 36. HOW TWO SISTERS GOT OUT OF SKY LAND 37. ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES 38. THE STAR HUNTERS 39. THE GREAT BEAR AND THE HUNTER 40. HOW THE SUMMER CAME 41. THE RAINBOW TRAIL 42. ORIGIN OF THE CHINOOK WIND[3]43. WHEN GLACIER MARRIED CHINOOK’S DAUGHTER 44. MINK’S WAR WITH THE SOUTHEAST WIND 45. WHEN NORTH’S SON MARRIED SOUTHEAST’S DAUGHTER[5]46. CAPTURE OF WIND 47. HOW WIND BECAME A SLAVE 48. THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND RAIN 49. THUNDER 50. TURTLE AND THE THUNDER BIRD 51. WHY LIGHTNING STRIKES THE TREES 52. THE MAKING OF LAKES AND MOUNTAINS 53. ORIGIN OF RACES[6]54. ORIGIN OF CHILCOTIN CAÑON 55. ORIGINS OF ANIMALS 56. BIRD BEGINNINGS 57. MOSQUITOES 58. ORIGIN OF DEATH 59. DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE 60. HOW DEATH CAME 61. ORIGIN OF ARROWHEADS 62. ORIGIN OF CARVED HOUSE POSTS 63. THE WIND-POWER CARVING 64. CALENDAR 65. CALENDAR 66. CALENDAR 67. HOW THE INDIANS FIRST OBTAINED BLANKETS 68. HUNTING IN THE SNOW MOUNTAINS 69. COYOTE’S GIFT OF THE SALMON AND THE CAÑON OF THE FRASER RIVER 70. THE COMING OF THE SALMON 71. COYOTE AND THE SALMON 72. WOLVERENE AND THE GEESE 73. NANEBOJO AND THE GEESE 74. ADVENTURES OF NANEBOJO 75. WISKE-DJAK[7] AND THE GEESE 76. WISKE-DJAK AND THE PARTRIDGES 77. WISKE-DJAK AND GREAT BEAVER 78. NENEBUC[8]79. NENEBUC AND BIG BEAR 80. COYOTE AND FOX 81. THE VENTURESOME HARE 82. RABBIT AND FROG 83. BIG TURTLE 84. WOLVERENE AND ROCK 85. RAVEN’S CANOE MEN 86. RAVEN AND PITCHMAN 87. WHEN RAVEN MARRIED OFF HIS SISTER 88. BEAVER AND PORCUPINE 89. BEAVER AND PORCUPINE 90. BEAVER AND DEER 91. EAGLE’S FEAST[9]92. WHEN CHICKADEE CLIMBED A TREE 93. REDBIRD AND BLACKBIRD 94. LITTLE GRAY WOODPECKER 95. OWL 96. CHIPMUNK 97. MUSKRAT’S TAIL 98. WOLVERENE AND BRANT 99. WAR OF THE FOUR TRIBES 100. TRADITION OF IROQUOIS FALLS[10]101. THE GIANTESS AND THE INDIAN 102. THE DESTRUCTION OF MONSTERS 103. FOOTNOTES 104. Transcriber’s Notes

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