Project Gutenberg 2015-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 116 Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith) 1881 1950 Speck, Frank Gouldsmith Speck, F. G. Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198 Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine" by Frank G. Speck is a collection of ethnographic writings that compiles mythological stories and cultural history from the Wawenock tribe, likely written in the early 20th century. The book aims to preserve the oral traditions and mythologies of the Wawenock, including tales of the cultural hero Gluskape and the tribe's history. It serves as a vital resource for understanding the cultural heritage of this lesser-known Native American tribe. At the start of the text, the introduction explains the Wawenock tribe's history, noting its dwindling population and the challenges faced in preserving its language and culture. Speck recounts his encounters with François Neptune, one of the last speakers of the Wawenock language, who provided valuable narratives about the tribe's traditions. The opening portion also teases fragments of the mythological storytelling to follow, highlighting the transformative power of figures like Gluskape and the relationship between the Wawenock and the natural world around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Wawenock Indians -- Folklore Wawenock language -- Texts E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 237797 237801 2024-09-20T16:54:35.695031 2023-09-21T13:10:02.224270 text/html text/html 266787 2015-09-12T19:13:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 165474 2015-09-12T19:13:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 195141 2024-09-20T16:54:42.802990 application/epub+zip 195625 2024-09-20T16:54:36.870982 application/epub+zip 91373 2024-09-20T16:54:36.174018 application/epub+zip 290788 2024-09-20T16:54:46.132996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274946 2024-09-20T16:54:42.274988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171153 2022-09-22T15:16:13.409394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121866 121600 2024-09-20T16:54:34.013027 2023-09-21T13:10:00.606245 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 122246 2015-09-12T19:13:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 45443 2015-09-12T19:13:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18713 2024-09-20T16:54:46.272941 application/rdf+xml 3695 2024-09-20T16:54:36.304985 image/jpeg 1227 2024-09-20T16:54:36.237998 image/jpeg 172841 2024-09-20T16:54:35.721019 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia