Kulóskap the master : and other Algonkin poems / translated metrically by Charles Godfrey Leland and John Dyneley Prince.

  • Charles Godfrey Leland
Date:
1902
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Kulóskap the master : and other Algonkin poems / translated metrically by Charles Godfrey Leland and John Dyneley Prince. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II HOW KULOSKAP GRANTED GIFTS AND FAVORS TO MANY INDIANS [iliiciJiac and Fasaamaquoddy] Long ere Kuloskap the Master Had left the land and his people. And before he had ceased to wander In the ways of man, he called The loons his faithful servants, And bade them make it known That for many years to come He would still remain on earth, And that whoever would seek him Might have one wish full granted, Whatever that wish might be. Although the journey was long And the trials were terrible Which all must endure who would find The Lord of Men and Beasts, There were many who ventured on The wonderful pilgrimage. Now you may hear what happened To several of these seekers, Even as I heard the tales From a Passamaquoddy Senap.
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