Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
text is an excellent example of common English usage in early nineteenth century North America. Idiosyncratic misspellings are generally corrected; archaisms and localizations have been maintained. Where the spelling of names is irregular or abbreviated, a consistent spelling...
The following few stories or tales will give a better notion or idea of the religion of these people than every other description _I_ am able to pen. And as their _history_ is r...
6. Part 2Page 1st The following few Stories or Tales will give a better notion or Idea of the religion of these People than every other description _I_ am able to pen, & as their _histor...
3. Part 3 (omitted from the text-only and some portable reader versions)is a set of digital images of the manuscript made from photocopies provided by the Toronto Reference Library, the holder of the Nelson papers. The size of the images is reduced...
4. PART 1Introductory Remarks ... ... 1 Conjuring: The Interpreter's Account Initiations and Conjuring ... ... 4 In Quest of Dreams Dialogue with a Spirit ... ... 5 Principal Spirits Wee...
1. Part 1 provides a lightly edited version of the manuscript. Nelson'stext is an excellent example of common English usage in early nineteenth century North America. Idiosyncratic misspellings are generally corrected; archaisms and localizations h...
2. Part 2 is a verbatim and line by line transcription of the originalhandwritten document. The transcription serves as the starting point for Part 1. It is included here because of the importance of the journal as an historical document and the d...