Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
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magician-giant. It was probably suggested by the very common floating
away of ice-islands.] _How Glooskap, leaving the World, all the Animals mourned for him, and how, ere he departed, he gave Gifts to Men._ (Micmac.) Now Glooskap had freed the world from all the mighty monsters of an early time: the giants wandered no longer in the wilderness; the _cullo_ terrified man no more, as it spread its wings like the cloud between him and the sun; the dreadful Chenoo of the North devoured him not; no evil beasts, devils, and serpents were to be found near his home. And the Master had, moreover, taught men the arts which made them happier; but they were not grateful to him, and though they worshiped him they were not the less wicked. "Now when the ways of men and beasts waxed evil they greatly vexed Glooskap, and at length he could no longer endure them, and he made a rich feast by the shore of the great Lake Minas. All the beasts came to it, and when the feast was over he got into a great canoe, and the beasts looked after him till they saw him no more. And after they ceased to see him, they still heard his voice as he sang; but the sounds grew fainter and fainter in the distance, and at last they wholly died away; and then deep silence fell on them all, and a great marvel came to pass, and the beasts, who had till now spoken but one |
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