Algonquin Legends books on treasures

books on treasures

and seven other distinctive hands

The volume is further enhanced by reproductions of the eight copperplates from the 1794 edition and an Appendix (the United States Militia Act of 1792)

and beaded wire work prove Theophilus's first-hand knowledge of his craft

Algonquin Legends books on treasuresThis classic collection contains myths, legends, and folklore of the principal Wabanaki, or northeastern Algonquin Indians, i. e. the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine and the Micmacs of New Brunswick. Most of this material was gathered directly from Indian narrators by Charles G. Leland (1824 1903), a brilliant and gifted Philadelphia born journalist, essayist, and folklorist. In compiling the work, Leland noted interesting affinities between