CONTENTS. 



I. TRADITIONS FROM ALASKA AND MACKENZIE RIVER 



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Texts I-XIII 3 a. 



Translations — 



1. The orphan boy 32 a 



2. The owl and the squirrel 32 a 



3. The man and the raven 33 a 



4. The singing sculpin 33 a 



5. The mad hunter 33 a 



6. The imprisoned children 33 a 



7. The castaway 34 a 



8. The abused orphan 35 a 



9. The orphan's gratitude 36 a 



10. The wolf's bride 38 a 



11. The magic bear 42 a 



12. The raven 42 a 



13. A letter written by a Mackenzie River native 43 a 



Traditions Recorded in English 



A. Bird and Animal Stories — 



14. The separation of the red and white foxes 43 a 



15. The red fox's adventures 43 a 



16. The red fox's adventures 44 a 



17. The mice 45 a 



18. The snowy owl and the snow-bunting 46 a 



19. The squirrel and the loon 46 a 



20. The raven and the loon 47 a. 



B. Man and the Animal World — 



21. The caribou's spell 47 a 



22. The black bear's spell 47 a 



23. The duck wife 49 a 



24. The loons' brides 52 a 



25. The black bear's foster-child 53 Ax 



26. The caribou woman 56 a 



27. The mouse-woman's coat. 58 a> 



28. The caribou man 58 a 



29. The boy and the walrus 59 a 



C. Shamanism — 



30. The orphan and the spirit of the tide-crack 60 a 



31. The ptarmigan thieves 61 a 



32. The ghost 62 a 



33. The orphanwho became a great shaman 63 a 



34. The woman and her grandfather's skull 64 a 



35. The stone baby 65 a 



D. Miscellaneous Tales — 



36. The giants : 66 a 



37. The youth who went in search of a wife 67 a 



38. The unsuccessful hunter 68 a 



39. The boy who committed suicide 69 a 



40. A strange country 69 a 



41. The orphan who was drowned 69 a 



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