Leland. Algonkin poems

Today's free book is Kuloskap the master, and other Algonkin poems by Charles Godfrey Leland and John Dyneley Prince (1902). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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


Table of Contents

PART FIRST—THE EPIC OF KULOSKAP

Canto First—Creation Legends
I. The Birth of Kuloskap 
II. The Creation of Man and the Animals
III. The Origin of the Rattlesnakes
IV. How Kuloskap named the Animals

Canto Second —The Master's Kindness to Man
I. What Kuloskap did for the Indians
II. How Kuloskap granted Gifts and Favors to many Indians
III. Kuloskap and the Fool
IV. The Three Brothers who became Trees
V. Kuloskap and the Wise Wishers
VI. How Kuloskap was conquered by the Babe 

Canto Third — The Master and the Animals
I. Kuloskap and the Loons
II. Kuloskap and the Beaver
III. The Sable and the Serpent 
IV. Kuloskap and the Turtle 
V. How Mikchik the Turtle was false to the Master 
VI. How Kuloskap conquered Aklibimo the Great Bull Frog 
VII. How Kuloskap went Whale Fishing
VIII. Kuloskap and Wuchosen the Wind Eagle 

Canto Fourth — The Master and the Sorcerers
I. Kuloskap and Winpe
II. How a Witch sought to cajole the Master
III. How Kuloskap fought the Giant Sorcerers 
IV. How the Master showed himself a Great Smoker 
V. Kuloskap and the Witch
VI. Kuloskap and the Witch called "The Pitcher"
VII. How Kuloskap sailed through the Cavern of Darkness 
VIII. How the Master found the Summer
IX. How Kuloskap left the World 
X. The Master and the Final Day

PART SECOND—WITCHCRAFT LORE
I. The Wizard's Chant 
II. The Woman and the Serpent 
III. The Wizard Snake
IV. The Measuring Worm 
V. The P'mula or Air-Demon
VI. The Little Boy kidnapped by the Bear
VII. The Wizard and the Christian Pries
VIII. Wizard Warfare 
IX. The Wizard's Hunting 
X. Six Short Tales of Witchcraft
XI. A Delaware Youth and his Uncle 
XII. The Dance of Old Age 
XIII. A Tale of the River-Elves

PART THIRD—LYRICS AND MISCELLANY
I. The Song of Lappilatwan
II. The Story of Nipon the Summer
III. The Scarlet Tanager and the Leaf
IV. The Blind Boy
V. A Passamaquoddy Love Song
VI. The Song of the Stars 
VII. How the Indians lost their Power
VIII. The Partridge and the Spring
IX. Lox, the Indian Devil