Chapter I: Front Matter

=Kulóskap the Master=

_And Other Algonkin Poems_

Kulóskap the Master

_And Other Algonkin Poems_

_Translated Metrically by_

CHARLES GODFREY LELAND, Hon. F.R.S.L.; M.A.

(Harvard)

Author of “The Algonquin Legends of New England”

AND

JOHN DYNELEY PRINCE, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Professor in Columbia University and author of various
articles on Algonkin dialects

_FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY_

_New York and London_

_1902_

COPYRIGHT, 1902
By FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK

Registered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England

Printed in the United States of America

Published November, 1902

_ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE VOLUME_

_Half-tone Text Illustrations by F. BERKELEY SMITH_

_Ten Tracings after Indian Designs by
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND_

_Frontispiece by EDWIN WILLARD DEMING_

=Contents=

PAGE
=Preface=--By CHARLES GODFREY LELAND 11
=Introduction=--By JOHN DYNELEY PRINCE 21

_PART FIRST--THE EPIC OF KULÓSKAP_

=Canto First=--_Creation Legends_
I. The Birth of Kulóskap 43
II. The Creation of Man and the Animals 50
III. The Origin of the Rattlesnakes 56
IV. How Kulóskap named the Animals 59

=Canto Second=--_The Master’s Kindness to Man_
I. What Kulóskap did for the Indians 62
II. How Kulóskap granted Gifts and Favors to many
Indians 64
III. Kulóskap and the Fool 90
IV. The Three Brothers who became Trees 94
V. Kulóskap and the Wise Wishers 98
VI. How Kulóskap was conquered by the Babe 107

=Canto Third=--_The Master and the Animals_
I. Kulóskap and the Loons 110
II. Kulóskap and the Beaver 112
III. The Sable and the Serpent 118
IV. Kulóskap and the Turtle 123
V. How Mikchik the Turtle was false to the Master 136
VI. How Kulóskap conquered Aklibimo the Great Bull
Frog 140
VII. How Kulóskap went Whale Fishing 152
VIII. Kulóskap and Wuchōsen the Wind Eagle 158

=Canto Fourth=--_The Master and the Sorcerers_
I. Kulóskap and Winpe 162
II. How a Witch sought to cajole the Master 172
III. How Kulóskap fought the Giant Sorcerers 174
IV. How the Master showed himself a Great Smoker 182
V. Kulóskap and the Witch 185
VI. Kulóskap and the Witch called “The Pitcher” 194
VII. How Kulóskap sailed through the Cavern of Darkness 203
VIII. How the Master found the Summer 208
IX. How Kulóskap left the World 213
X. The Master and the Final Day 217

_PART SECOND--WITCHCRAFT LORE_

I. The Wizard’s Chant 223
II. The Woman and the Serpent 225
III. The Wizard Snake 229
IV. The Measuring Worm 231
V. The Pʾmûla or Air-Demon 236
VI. The Little Boy kidnapped by the Bear 239
VII. The Wizard and the Christian Priest 242
VIII. Wizard Warfare 244
IX. The Wizard’s Hunting 250
X. Six Short Tales of Witchcraft 253
XI. A Delaware Youth and his Uncle 256
XII. The Dance of Old Age 260
XIII. A Tale of the River-Elves 269

_PART THIRD--LYRICS AND MISCELLANY_

I. The Song of Lappilatwan 273
II. The Story of Nipon the Summer 283
III. The Scarlet Tanager and the Leaf 295
IV. The Blind Boy 305
V. A Passamaquoddy Love Song 308
VI. The Song of the Stars 312
VII. How the Indians lost their Power 314
VIII. The Partridge and the Spring 320
IX. Lox, the Indian Devil 325

=L’Envoi= 337

=Appendix=: _The Passamaquoddy Wampum Records_ 340

=Glossary= 361

=Full Page Illustrations=

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Kulóskap and the Babe _Frontispiece_
The Creation of Man 50
The Origin of the Rattlesnakes 58
What Kulóskap did for the Indians 67
Kulóskap and the Loons 110
Kulóskap and the Beaver 116
The Sable and the Serpent 122
How Kulóskap went Whale Fishing 154
Kulóskap and Winpe 170
How Kulóskap fought the Giant Sorcerers at Saco 178
How Kulóskap sailed through the Cavern of Darkness 205
The Little Boy Kidnapped by the Bear 241
Wizard Warfare 246
The Dance of Old Age 266
Lox, the Indian Devil 333

=Preface=

BY

CHARLES GODFREY LELAND