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Algonquin Legends and similar materialThis classic collection contains myths, legends, and folklore of the principal Wabanaki, or northeastern Algonquin Indians, i. e. the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine and the Micmacs of New Brunswick. Most of this material was gathered directly from Indian narrators by Charles G. Leland (1824 1903), a brilliant and gifted Philadelphia born journalist, essayist, and folklorist. In compiling the work, Leland noted interesting affinities between