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.

Two Revenges

2 pages in this part of Myths and Legends of Our Own Land.

Two Revenges

Tis no more IT possible to predicate the conduct of an Indian than that of a woman. In Detroit lived Wasson, one of the warriors of the…

Two Revenges: Hiawatha

Believing that his father had killed his mother, he fought against him for several days, driving him to the edge of the world before peace…

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