Myths and Legends of Our Own Land

America's own folklore, collected county by county: the treasure and the cats at Harry Main's, the headless skeleton of Swamptown, the storm ship of New Haven, and several hundred more.

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Copyright, 1896

BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT Company.

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Contents of Volume H Tales of Puritan Land-(Continued) Harry Main; the Treasure and the Cats The Wessaguscus Hanging.

The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown.
The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown.

PAGE 13 14 The Unknown Champion 16 . a Goody Cole General Moulton and the Devil The Skeleton in Armor.

Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Love and Treason The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown.

The Crow and Cat of Hopkins Hill The Old Stone Mill Origin of a Name • 19 22 25 27 29 30 . 32 33 34 Micah Rood Apples 35 A Dinner and its Consequences 37 The New Haven Storm Ship 38 The Windham Frogs. 40 • The Lamb of Sacrifice 41 Moodus Noises 43 Haddam Enchantments 46 Block Island and the Palatine 48 The Buccaneer 51 Robert Lockwood's Fate 53 Love and Rum Contents of Volume II Lights and Shadows of the South PAGE The Swim at Indian Head The Moaning Sisters 61 63 A Ride for a Bride. 64 Spooks of the Hiawassee 68 Lake of the Dismal Swamp • 69 The Barge of Defeat 71 Natural Bridge 72 The Silence Broken 73 Siren of the French Broad . 77 The Hunter of Calawassee • 78 Revenge of the Accabee • 79 Pass Christian Toccoa Falls Two Lives for One A Ghostly Avenger The Wraith Ringer of Atlanta The Swallowing Earthquake The Last Stand of the Biloxi The Sacred Fire of Natchez The Under Land The Central States and Great Lakes 82 84 86 88 89 90 93 94 . 97 An Averted Peril The Obstinacy of Saint Clair.

The Hundredth Skull The Crime of Black Swamp The House Accursed Marquette's Man-Eater Michel de Coucy's Troubles Wallen's Ridge The Sky Walker of Huron The Coffin of Snakes.

Mackinack Lake Superior Water Gods .

IOI 103 106 108 IIO JI2 113 116 119 .

Contents of Volume II The Central States and Great Lakes-(Con= tinued) The Witch of Pictured Rocks PAGE 128 The Origin of White Fish 130 The Spirit of Cloudy 131 The Sun Fire at Sault Sainte Marie 133 The Snake God of Belle Isle 136 Were-Wolves of Detroit 138 The Escape of Francois Navarre 140 The Old Lodger 143 The Nain Rouge Two Revenges Hiawatha The Indian Messiah 146 • 149 151 155 The Vision of Rescue 157 Devil's Lake 159 The Keusca Elopement 160 Pipestone 162 The Virgins' Feast. 164 Falls of St. Anthony 166 Flying Shadow and Track Maker 168 Saved by a Lightning-Stroke 170 The Killing of Cloudy Sky 172 Providence Hole. 175 The Scare Cure 176 Twelfth Night at Cahokia 178 The Spell of Creve Cœur Lake 180 4 How the Crime was Revealed 182 • Banshee of the Bad Lands 183 Standing Rock 185 The Salt Witch 186 • Contents of Volume II Along the Rocky Range Over the Divide PAGE 191 The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass 192 The River of Lost Souls 195 Riders of the Desert 197 The Division of Two Tribes 200 Besieged by Starvation 203 A Yellowstone Tragedy • 204 The Broad House 206 The Death Waltz 208 The Flood at Santa Fe 210 Goddess of Salt 212 The Coming of the Navajos 213 The Ark on Superstition Mountains 215 The Pale Faced Lightning 218 The Weird Sentinel at Squaw Peak 221 Sacrifice of the Toltecs 222 Ta-Vwots Conquers the Sun 224 The Comanche Rider 230 Horned Toad and Giants 232 The Spider Tower 234 The Lost Trail 235 A Battle in the Air 237 On the Pacific Slope The Voyager of the Whulge.

Tamanous of Tacoma The Devil and the Dalles Cascades of the Columbia The Death of Umatilla Hunger Valley The Wrath of Manitou The Spook of Misery Hill The Queen of Death Valley 241 • 242 246 248 249 • 252 Contents of Volume II On the Pacific Slope-(Continued) PAGE Bridal Veil Fall 259 The Governor's Right Eye 260 The Prisoner in American Shaft 263 As to Buried Riches Kidd's Treasure Other Buried Wealth Storied Waters, Cliffs, and Mountains Monsters and Sea-Serpents Stone-Throwing Devils Storied Springs Lovers' Leaps God on the Mountains 267 276 297 305 310 318 328 Tales of Puritan Land

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