Deans. Tales from the Totems of the Hidery

Today's free book is Tales from the Totems of the Hidery by collected by James Deans and edited by Oscar Lovell Triggs (1899). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. These are Haida folktales; you can read more about the Haida people at Wikipedia.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Hidery Land
The Hidery People
Hidery Houses
Patlatches
Religious Belief of the Hidery
The Hidery To-day
Tales from the Raven Crest
Another Version
Another Version
Another Hidery Version
Origin of Fish, Hidery Version
How Cauch, the Raven God, Got Oulachans
The Origin of Mankind
How They First Got Fire
Yethel the Raven God and His Salmon Wife
The Story of Yethel and a Flood
How the Raven God Helped the Women
The Feast of the Raven God, Ne-kilst-lass
The Story of the Eagle
The Sun Totem and its Story
The Daughter of the Sun
The Moon Crest and its Story
Tales from the Bear Totem
How the Bear Stole His Wife from the Hidery
Story of the Bear and Eagle's Claw
The Story of the Bear and Frog
The Story of the Mountain Goats
Wasco and the Story
The Scaunah Totem and Its Stories
Keel-coonuc, or Whale's Slave
The Scannah Totem and Stories
The Adventures of Nuch-noo-simgat, Etc.
How the Whull-e-mooch Got Fire A Legend of the Cowtichiaus
The Bear and Princess A Hidery Tale
Meelas' Tomb
The Story of Meelas
The Story of Bealus
The Doom of the Katt-a-quins A Legend of Alaska