La Ronge Journal, 1823

by George Nelson

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About this eBook

Author: Nelson, George, 1786-1859
Credits: Produced by Owen O'Donovan
Language: English
LoC Class: E011: History: America: America
Subject: Cree mythology
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 42479
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42479
Release Date: April 7, 2013
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.La Ronge Journal, 1823 — George Nelson — Also by George Nelson — Editing Notes — I hear the spirit speaking to us. — George Nelson's Fur Trading World — George Nelson's Postings and Employing Companies — George Nelson's Fur Trading World, 1822-23 — Table of Contents — Part 1 — [Introductory Remarks] — [Conjuring: The Interpreter's Account] — [Initiations and Conjuring] — [Principal Spirits] — [The Manner of Conjuring] — [Mythology] — [Conversations] — [Accounts of Pahkack] — [Roots and Medicines] — [Fugitive Pieces] — [Effecting and Avoiding Spells] — [Dealing with Spells on Firearms] — [Stories of the Hairy Breasts and Nayhanimis] — [Notes] — [Stories] — [Wetiko] — [Malignant Spirits] — [Confession] — [Animal Sacrifice (Beaver Indians)] — [Fragments] — [Feasts] — [Conjuring Ceremony (June 4th, 1823)] — Part 2 — Typescript — Part 3 — Manuscript Page Images — References — General References — Linguistic References

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