Myths and Legends of Our Own Land

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Author

Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907

Title

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete

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Produced by David Widger

Language

English

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GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Folklore -- United States

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6615

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6615

Release Date

December 14, 2004

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND
2. 2.By Charles M. Skinner
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.THE HUDSON AND ITS HILLS
6. 6.RIP VAN WINKLE
7. 7.CATSKILL GNOMES
8. 8.THE CATSKILL WITCH
9. 9.THE REVENGE OF SHANDAKEN
10. 10.CONDEMNED TO THE NOOSE
11. 11.BIG INDIAN
12. 12.THE BAKER'S DOZEN
13. 13.THE DEVIL'S DANCE-CHAMBER.
14. 14.THE CULPRIT FAY
15. 15.POKEPSIE
16. 16.DUNDERBERG
17. 17.ANTHONY'S NOSE
18. 18.MOODUA CREEK
19. 19.A TRAPPER'S GHASTLY VENGEANCE
20. 20.THE VANDERDECKEN OF TAPPAN ZEE
21. 21.THE GALLOPING HESSIAN
22. 22.STORM SHIP OF THE HUDSON
23. 23.WHY SPUYTEN DUYVIL IS SO NAMED
24. 24.THE RAMAPO SALAMANDER
25. 25.CHIEF CROTON
26. 26.THE RETREAT FROM MAHOPAC
27. 27.NIAGARA
28. 28.THE DEFORMED OF ZOAR
29. 29.HORSEHEADS
30. 30.KAYUTA AND WANETA
31. 31.THE DROP STAR
32. 32.THE PROPHET OF PALMYRA
33. 33.A VILLAIN'S CREMATION
34. 34.THE MONSTER MOSQUITOE
35. 35.THE GREEN PICTURE
36. 36.THE NUNS OF CARTHAGE
37. 37.THE SKULL IN THE WALL
38. 38.THE HAUNTED MILL
39. 39.OLD INDIAN FACE
40. 40.THE DIVISION OF THE SARANACS
41. 41.AN EVENT IN INDIAN PARK
42. 42.THE INDIAN PLUME
43. 43.BIRTH OF THE WATER-LILY
44. 44.ROGERS'S SLIDE
45. 45.THE FALLS AT COHOES
46. 46.FRANCIS WOOLCOTT'S NIGHT-RIDERS
47. 47.POLLY'S LOVER
48. 48.CROSBY, THE PATRIOT SPY
49. 49.THE LOST GRAVE OF PAINE
50. 50.THE RISING OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
51. 51.THE ISLE OF MANHATTOES AND NEARBY
52. 52.DOLPH HEYLIGER
53. 53.THE KNELL AT THE WEDDING
54. 54.ROISTERING DIRCK VAN DARA
55. 55.THE PARTY FROM GIBBET ISLAND
56. 56.MISS BRITTON'S POKER
57. 57.THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES
58. 58.THE SPRINGS OF BLOOD AND WATER
59. 59.THE CRUMBLING SILVER
60. 60.THE CORTELYOU ELOPEMENT
61. 61.VAN WEMPEL'S GOOSE
62. 62.THE WEARY WATCHER
63. 63.THE RIVAL FIDDLERS
64. 64.WYANDANK
65. 65.MARK OF THE SPIRIT HAND
66. 66.THE FIRST LIBERAL CHURCH
67. 67.ON AND NEAR THE DELAWARE
68. 68.THE PHANTOM DRAGOON
69. 69.DELAWARE WATER GAP
70. 70.THE PHANTOM DRUMMER
71. 71.THE MISSING SOLDIER OF VALLEY FORGE
72. 72.THE LAST SHOT AT GERMANTOWN
73. 73.A BLOW IN THE DARK
74. 74.THE TORY'S CONVERSION
75. 75.LORD PERCY'S DREAM
76. 76.SAVED BY THE BIBLE
77. 77.PARRICIDE OF THE WISSAHICKON
78. 78.THE BLACKSMITH AT BRANDYWINE
79. 79.FATHER AND SON
80. 80.THE ENVY OF MANITOU
81. 81.THE LAST REVEL IN PRINTZ HALL
82. 82.THE TWO RINGS
83. 83.FLAME SCALPS OF THE CHARTIERS
84. 84.THE CONSECRATION OF WASHINGTON
85. 85.TALES OF PURITAN LAND
86. 86.EVANGALINE
87. 87.THE SNORING OF SWUNKSUS
88. 88.THE LEWISTON HERMIT
89. 89.THE DEAD SHIP OF HARPSWELL
90. 90.THE SCHOOLMASTER HAD NOT REACHED ORRINGTON.
91. 91.JACK WELCH'S DEATH LIGHT
92. 92.THE LADY URSULA
93. 93.FATHER MOODY'S BLACK VEIL
94. 94.THE HOME OF THUNDER
95. 95.THE PARTRIDGE WITCH
96. 96.THE MARRIAGE OF MOUNT KATAHDIN
97. 97.THE MOOSE OF MOUNT KINEO
98. 98.THE OWL TREE
99. 99.A CHESTNUT LOG
100. 100.THE WATCHER ON WHITE ISLAND
101. 101.CHOCORUA
102. 102.PASSACONAWAY'S RIDE TO HEAVEN
103. 103.THE BALL GAME BY THE SACO
104. 104.THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
105. 105.THE VISION ON MOUNT ADAMS
106. 106.THE GREAT CARBUNCLE
107. 107.SKINNER'S CAVE
108. 108.YET THEY CALL IT LOVER'S LEAP
109. 109.SALEM AND OTHER WITCHCRAFT
110. 110.THE GLOUCESTER LEAGUERS
111. 111.SATAN AND HIS BURIAL-PLACE
112. 112.PETER RUGG, THE MISSING MAN
113. 113.THE LOSS OF WEETAMOO
114. 114.THE FATAL FORGET-ME-NOT
115. 115.THE OLD MILL AT SOMERVILLE
116. 116.EDWARD RANDOLPH'S PORTRAIT
117. 117.LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE
118. 118.HOWE'S MASQUERADE
119. 119.OLD ESTHER DUDLEY
120. 120.THE LOSS OF JACOB HURD
121. 121.THE HOBOMAK
122. 122.BERKSHIRE TORIES
123. 123.THE REVENGE OF JOSIAH BREEZE
124. 124.THE MAY-POLE OF MERRYMOUNT
125. 125.THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER
126. 126.THE GRAY CHAMPION
127. 127.THE FOREST SMITHY
128. 128.WAHCONAH FALLS
129. 129.KNOCKING AT THE TOMB
130. 130.THE WHITE DEER OF ONOTA
131. 131.WIZARD'S GLEN
132. 132.BALANCED ROCK
133. 133.SHONKEEK-MOONKEEK
134. 134.THE SALEM ALCHEMIST
135. 135.ELIZA WHARTON
136. 136.SALE OF THE SOUTHWICKS
137. 137.THE COURTSHIP OF MYLES STANDISH
138. 138.MOTHER CREWE
139. 139.AUNT RACHEL'S CURSE
140. 140.NIX'S MATE
141. 141.THE WILD MAN OF CAPE COD
142. 142.NEWBURY'S OLD ELM
143. 143.SAMUEL SEWALL'S PROPHECY
144. 144.THE SHRIEKING WOMAN
145. 145.AGNES SURRIAGE
146. 146.SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE
147. 147.HEARTBREAK HILL
148. 148.HARRY MAIN: THE TREASURE AND THE CATS
149. 149.THE WESSAGUSCUS HANGING
150. 150.THE UNKNOWN CHAMPION
151. 151.GOODY COLE
152. 152.GENERAL MOULTON AND THE DEVIL
153. 153.THE SKELETON IN ARMOR
154. 154.MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET
155. 155.LOVE AND TREASON
156. 156.THE HEADLESS SKELETON OF SWAMPTOWN
157. 157.THE CROW AND CAT OF HOPKINSHILL
158. 158.THE OLD STONE MILL
159. 159.ORIGIN OF A NAME
160. 160.MICAH ROOD APPLES
161. 161.A DINNER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
162. 162.THE NEW HAVEN STORM SHIP
163. 163.THE WINDAM FROGS
164. 164.THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE
165. 165.MOODUS NOISES
166. 166.HADDAM ENCHANTMENTS
167. 167.BLOCK ISLAND AND THE PALATINE
168. 168.THE BUCCANEER
169. 169.ROBERT LOCKWOOD'S FATE
170. 170.LOVE AND RUM
171. 171.LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE SOUTH
172. 172.THE SWIM AT INDIAN HEAD
173. 173.THE MOANING SISTERS
174. 174.A RIDE FOR A BRIDE
175. 175.SPOOKS OF THE HIAWASSEE
176. 176.LAKE OF THE DISMAL SWAMP
177. 177.THE BARGE OF DEFEAT
178. 178.NATURAL BRIDGE
179. 179.THE SILENCE BROKEN
180. 180.SIREN OF THE FRENCH BROAD
181. 181.THE HUNTER OF CALAWASSEE
182. 182.REVENGE OF THE ACCABEE
183. 183.TOCCOA FALLS
184. 184.TWO LIVES FOR ONE
185. 185.A GHOSTLY AVENGER
186. 186.THE WRAITH RINGER OF ATLANTA
187. 187.THE SWALLOWING EARTHQUAKE
188. 188.LAST STAND OF THE BILOXI
189. 189.THE SACRED FIRE OF NACHEZ
190. 190.PASS CHRISTIAN
191. 191.THE UNDER LAND
192. 192.THE CENRAL STATES AND THE GREAT LAKES
193. 193.AN AVERTED PERIL
194. 194.THE OBSTINACY OF SAINT CLAIR
195. 195.THE HUNDREDTH SKULL
196. 196.THE CRIME OF BLACK SWAMP
197. 197.THE HOUSE ACCURSED
198. 198.MICHEL DE COUCY'S TROUBLES
199. 199.WALLEN'S RIDGE
200. 200.THE SKY WALKER OF HURON
201. 201.THE COFFIN OF SNAKES
202. 202.MACKINACK
203. 203.LAKE SUPERIOR WATER GODS
204. 204.THE WITCH OF PICTURED ROCKS
205. 205.THE ORIGIN OF WHITE-FISH
206. 206.THE SPIRIT OF CLOUDY
207. 207.THE SUN FIRE AT SAULT SAINTE MARIE
208. 208.THE SNAKE GOD OF BELLE ISLE
209. 209.WERE-WOLVES OF DETROIT
210. 210.THE ESCAPE OF FRANCOIS NAVARRE
211. 211.THE OLD LODGER
212. 212.THE NAIN ROUGE
213. 213.TWO REVENGES
214. 214.HIAWATHA
215. 215.THE INDIAN MESSIAH
216. 216.THE VISION OF RESCUE
217. 217.DEVIL'S LAKE
218. 218.THE KEUSCA ELOPEMENT
219. 219.PIPESTONE
220. 220.THE VIRGINS' FEAST
221. 221.FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY
222. 222.FLYING SHADOW AND TRACK MAKER
223. 223.SAVED BY A LIGHTNING-STROKE
224. 224.THE KILLING OF CLOUDY SKY
225. 225.PROVIDENCE HOLE
226. 226.THE SCARE CURE
227. 227.TWELFTH NIGHT AT CAHOKIA
228. 228.THE SPELL OF CREVE CIUR LAKE
229. 229.HOW THE CRIME WAS REVEALED
230. 230.BANSHEE OF THE BAD LANDS
231. 231.STANDING ROCK
232. 232.THE SALT WITCH
233. 233.ALONG THE ROCKY RANGE
234. 234.OVER THE DIVIDE
235. 235.THE PHANTOM TRAIN OF MARSHALL PASS
236. 236.THE RIVER OF LOST SOULS
237. 237.RIDERS OF THE DESERT
238. 238.THE DIVISION OF TWO TRIBES
239. 239.BESIEGED BY STARVATION
240. 240.A YELLOWSTONE TRAGEDY
241. 241.THE BROAD HOUSE
242. 242.THE DEATH WALTZ
243. 243.THE FLOOD AT SANTA FE
244. 244.GODDESS OF SALT
245. 245.THE COMING OF THE NAVAJOS
246. 246.THE ARK ON SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS
247. 247.THE PALE FACED LIGHTNING
248. 248.THE WEIRD SENTINEL AT SQUAW PEAK
249. 249.SACRIFICE OF THE TOLTECS
250. 250.TA-VWOTS CONQUERS THE SUN
251. 251.THE COMANCHE RIDER
252. 252.HORNED TOAD AND GIANTS
253. 253.THE SPIDER TOWER
254. 254.THE LOST TRAIL
255. 255.A BATTLE IN THE AIR
256. 256.ON THE PACIFIC COAST
257. 257.THE VOYAGER OF WHULGE
258. 258.TAMANOUS OF TACOMA
259. 259.THE DEVIL AND THE DALLES
260. 260.CASCADES OF THE COLUMBIA
261. 261.THE DEATH OF UMATILLA
262. 262.HUNGER VALLEY
263. 263.THE WRATH OF MANITOU
264. 264.THE SPOOK OF MISERY HILL
265. 265.THE QUEEN OF DEATH VALLEY
266. 266.BRIDAL VEIL FALL
267. 267.THE GOVERNOR'S RIGHT EYE
268. 268.THE PRISONER IN AMERICAN SHAFT
269. 269.AS TO BURIED RICHES
270. 270.KIDD'S TREASURE
271. 271.OTHER BURIED WEALTH
272. 272.STORIED WATERS, CLIFFS AND MOUNTAINS
273. 273.MONSTERS AND SEA-SERPENTS
274. 274.STONE-THROWING DEVILS
275. 275.STORIED SPRINGS
276. 276.LOVERS' LEAPS
277. 277.GOD ON THE MOUNTAINS

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