CONTENTS 



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Introduction 169 



Phonetic note - 178 



Glusk^ibo' the Transformer ISO 



Ghiskfbe' creates himself and competes with the Creator 180 



The Turtle insults the chief of the Birds; Glusltpbe' helps him to 

 escape; mountains are created; and again Turtle escapes by 

 getting his captors to throw him into the water, but is finally 



killed 181 



GUiskftbe' becomes angr.y with the l)irch tree and marks it for life 185 



Gluskabe' the Transformer (free translation) 186 



How a hunter encountered Bmule', visited his country and obtained a 



boon 190 



How a hunter encountered Bmule', visited his country and obtained a 



boon (free translation) 103 



The origin and use of wampum 195 



The origin and use of wampimi (free translation) 196 



Wawenock drinking song 197 



Index 821 



ILLUSTRATION 



Plate 13. Franfois Xeptune, the last speaker of the Wawenock dialect.. 109 



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