Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
I have been asked to write a preface to these Legends of Vancouver, which, in conjunction with the members of the Publication Sub-committee--Mrs. Lefevre, Mr. L. W. Makovski and Mr. R. W. Douglas--I have helped to put through the press. But scarcely any prefatory remarks are n...
I have been asked to write a preface to these Legends of Vancouver, which, in conjunction with the members of the Publication Sub-committee--Mrs. Lefevre, Mr. L. W. Makovski and...
2. Chapter 2The four men were astounded. They consulted together, lighted their pipes, and sat in council. Never had they, the men of the Sagalie Tyee, been defied before. Now, for the sake...
3. Chapter 3"'Your hearts are black and bloodless,' thundered the Great Tyee, turning upon them fiercely, 'and your eyes are blinded. Do you wish the tribe to forget how great is the import...
4. Chapter 4"The Tenas Tyee then stripped himself, and, with no clothing save a buckskin belt into which he thrust his hunting-knife, he flung his lithe young body into the sea. But at the...
5. Chapter 5The old chief sprang to his feet and spat out his refusal. "Keep your victory, and I keep my girl-child," though he knew he was not only defying his enemy, but defying death as...
6. Chapter 6"The warrior blood of the North will always conquer. They are the stronger, bolder, more alert, more keen. The snows and the ice of their country make swifter pulse than the sle...
7. Chapter 7But this wild tale, fortunately, had a most beautiful conclusion. The Four Men, fearing that the evil heart imprisoned in the stone would still work destruction, said: "At the e...