Sure enough the Indians saw him. They recognized Wiske·djak by his antics and thought he was trying to play some trick on them, so they laughed about it and quietly paddled up close to him. They pretended they thought he was a bear and made out as though they were going to kill him. Wiske·djak swam as hard as he could for his life. “Hand me my axe,” said one of the Indians, “till I kill him.” “Stand aside till I shoot him with my arrow,” said another. “Hurry up, paddle hard or we’ll lose him,” s

The constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear or Dipper) is called wədji·′g “fisher” or “black cat” ( Mustela pennanti ). The four main stars of the group form the body of the animal; the stars trailing behind (the handle of the dipper) represent the fisher’s [ 23 ] tail, the bend showing the bent tail of the animal. The story accounts for the presence of the fisher in the sky, relating how the various animals tried to reach the north star, but eventually froze to death. The fisher is still trying to

It is not proper to tell stories in summer, lest one die; but, if stories are told, they must be told for ten successive evenings in order to prevent the evil. In order to foretell the sex of the child about to be born, the first vertebra of a moose or deer may be used. The appearance of one side of this bone resembles a man’s face, while the other resembles a woman’s. The seeker for information may place this bone on top of his head and let it drop to the ground. Whichever face turns upward lik

A little device to bring rain: suck the flat side of a green leaf until it snaps, or slap one hand with the palm of the other, holding the leaf in the fist of the first. Northern Lights: Wase′tibik·an , “light of night.” Bine·′s·i·wi·mi·′k·‵an , “birds’ path”. This is the Milky Way, which is believed to be the guide to the birds in their spring and autumn migrations. Wətα′gwanobi·‵s·an “mist from the water” (?). This is the rainbow, which is thought to be caused by mist generated in the air by w

The girls, however, couldn’t go to sleep, for they heard music and knew that a dance must be going on. They got out of their bed and went to the house where they heard the music. Looking in at the window, they saw the Loon playing the fiddle and all the dancers enjoying themselves, so they returned to their bed and placed two logs under the blankets to deceive [ 85 ] their kind friend, the “Hell-diver,” into thinking that they were still where he had left them. While the two girls were dancing,

b–p , bilabial stops varying between true sonant and intermediate surd-sonant. d–t , alveolar stops varying between true sonant and intermediate surd-sonant. g–k , medial palatal stops varying between true sonant and intermediate surd-sonant. s and z , surd and sonant dorsal sibilant pronounced with tip of tongue deflected to lower alveolar (applies only to Timiskaming Algonquin; in Timagami Ojibwa s and z are normal). c and j , surd and sonant sibilant corresponding respectively to English sh a

Memoir 3. No. 3, Geological Series. Palæoniscid fishes from the Albert shales of New Brunswick—by Lawrence M. Lambe. Memoir 5. No. 4, Geological Series. Preliminary memoir on the Lewes and Nordenskiöld Rivers coal district, Yukon Territory—by D. D. Cairnes. Memoir 6. No. 5, Geological Series. Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario—by Frank D. Adams and Alfred E. Barlow. Memoir 7. No. 6, Geological Series. Geology of St. Bruno mountain, province of Quebec—by John A. Dre

Memoir 9. No. 9, Geological Series. Bighorn coal basin, Alberta—by G. S . Malloch. Memoir 10. No. 10, Geological Series. An instrumental survey of the shore-lines of the extinct lakes Algonquin and Nipissing in southwestern Ontario—by J. W. Goldthwait. Memoir 12. No. 11, Geological Series. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe, in 1906—by Anton Handlirsch. Memoir 15. No. 12, Geological Series. On a Trenton Echinod

Memoir 28. No. 18, Geological Series. The Geology of Steeprock lake, Ontario—by Andrew C. Lawson. Notes on fossils from limestone of Steeprock lake, Ontario—by Charles D. Walcott. REPORTS, ETC. Museum Bulletin No. 1: contains articles Nos. 1 to 12 of the Geological Series of Museum Bulletins, articles Nos. 1 to 3 of the Biological Series of Museum Bulletins, and article No. 1 of the Anthropological Series of Museum Bulletins. Guide Book No. 1. Excursions in eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provin

Guide Book No. 10. Excursions in Northern British Columbia and Yukon Territory and along the north Pacific coast. MEMOIRS—GEOLOGICAL SERIES. Memoir 17. No. 28, Geological Series. Geology and economic resources of the Larder Lake district, Ont., and adjoining portions of Pontiac county, Que.—by Morley E. Wilson. Memoir 18. No. 19, Geological Series. Bathurst district, New Brunswick—by G. A. Young. Memoir 26. No. 34, Geological Series. Geology and mineral deposits of the Tulameen district, B.C.—by

Memoir 25. No. 21, Geological Series. Report on the clay and shale deposits of the western provinces (Part II)—by Heinrich Ries and Joseph Keele. Memoir 30. No. 40, Geological Series. The basins of Nelson and Churchill rivers—by William McInnes. Memoir 20. No. 41, Geological Series. Gold fields of Nova Scotia—by W. Malcolm. Memoir 36. No. 33, Geological Series. Geology of the Victoria and Saanich map-areas, Vancouver island, B.C.—by C. H. Clapp. Memoir 52. No. 42, Geological Series. Geological n