Indian Legends of Vancouver Island

By Alfred Carmichael

AlfredCarmichael wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read todaydespite its age.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: May 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781531269500

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INDIAN LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND

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Alfred Carmichael

MYTHIK PRESS

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Copyright © 2016 by Alfred Carmichael

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATED BY J. SEMEYN

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

A PEN PICTURE OF BARKLEY SOUND: THE ANCIENT HOME OF THE SESHAHTS

THE SUMMER HOME OF THE SESHAHTS

THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRDS: NAMES OCCURRING IN THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRDS

THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRDS

HOW SHEWISH BECAME A GREAT WHALE HUNTER: NAMES OCCURRING IN THE LEGEND OF SHEWISH

HOW SHEWISH BECAME A GREAT WHALE HUNTER

THE FINDING OF THE TSOMASS: NAMES AND WORDS OCCURRING IN THE LEGEND THE FINDING OF THE TSOMASS

THE FINDING OF THE TSOMASS

THE LEGEND OF EUT-LE-TEN: EXPLANATION OF THE LEGEND OF EUT-LE-TEN

THE LEGEND OF EUT-LE-TEN: THE WITCH E-ISH-SO-OOLTH

THE BIRTH OF EUT-LE-TEN

THE QUEST

THE OGRE

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OGRE

THE RELEASE OF THE CHILDREN

FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EUT-LE-TEN: THE ARROW CHAIN TO HEAVEN

THE TWO BLIND SQUAWS

THE FOUR TERRORS GUARDING THE HOUSE OF NAS-NAS-SHUP

THE TRIAL BY FIRE

ASTRONOMY ACCORDING TO EUT-LE-TEN

Indian Legends of Vancouver Island

By

Alfred Carmichael

Indian Legends of Vancouver Island

Published by Mythik Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 2016

Copyright © Mythik Press, 2015

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ILLUSTRATED BY J. SEMEYN

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[Illustration]

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

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THE UNSOPHISTICATED ABORIGINAL OF BRITISH Columbia is almost a memory of the past. He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness. His original habitation has long given place to the frame house of sawn timber, and with the exception of the carvings in black slate made by the Hydah Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the stone hammers, spear and arrow points, fashioned in the days before the coming of the white man, the mementos of his sojourn in British Columbia are only relics in wood, bark or reeds.

In the Alberni District of Vancouver Island there are two tribes of Indians, the Seshaht and the Opitchesaht. During the winter season the Seshahts live in a village which occupies a beautiful and commanding site on the west bank of the