. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. I III' I'ORTAIKS AXI) SICCAM-ICS 235 I over the 1, a noble, ^r. Now, lily sighed ire it with ,!4atliered ^'anted by the l()d_L;e :h should itiiiL;- and 'owd had ih-pa-iso, ', K/iai/i, II the old { pleaded n to steal ry morn- ai)[)cared if repeat- aed with to weary )eoan to i,^ot con- t!" and i been to ' TIIK CkKATION OF KIRK.' ' Hitherio tlK-re had i)een no fn-c. and all were iK-numbed with the cold, except tlu; same old man, who had (Ire in his lodoe, which he jealously -uarded.' An-ain they wished to have fire, as they had already .
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. I III' I'ORTAIKS AXI) SICCAM-ICS 235 I over the 1, a noble, ^r. Now, lily sighed ire it with ,!4atliered ^'anted by the l()d_L;e :h should itiiiL;- and 'owd had ih-pa-iso, ', K/iai/i, II the old { pleaded n to steal ry morn- ai)[)cared if repeat- aed with to weary )eoan to i,^ot con- t!" and i been to ' TIIK CkKATION OF KIRK.' ' Hitherio tlK-re had i)een no fn-c. and all were iK-numbed with the cold, except tlu; same old man, who had (Ire in his lodoe, which he jealously -uarded.' An-ain they wished to have fire, as they had already .L;ot th(^ li^hl ; but they decided that they must -ain it by stealth. And so they ;,;rcd the services <)t a yearling- cariboo and of a musk-rat. I favinn- made for the former a ceremonial head-dress (} resinous pine shavinos, and presented the latter with a ceremonial apron of marmot skin, they entered the old man's lodge and sang. The cariboo danced and the musk-rat sangO.^ Skcltc.^ The cariboo swung his head to right and left as he dancc;d, hoping to catch some of the fire with his head-dress. But whenever the lire appeared the old man extinguished it. At last, however, the musk-rat carried a live coal through a burrow in the ground and set fire to the forest. And thus men gained fire.' I he creation of water was somewhat different. The spirit, Ivstas, changed himself into a pine needle, which the daughter of the old man, who alone possessed water, drank by accident. Not. ( I1N.( (i||\ rii'i'; 'f % It is curious tliat I go to prove that the legcn lis word is uuinlelligible to the I'ortairs, which wouk native to tiie nci. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Somerset, H. Somers (Henry Somers). London : W. Heinemann
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