# Ojibwa myths and tales

Author: Laidlaw, Geo. E. (George Edward), 1860-1927 [Compiler]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76755

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ojibwa+myths+and+tales+Laidlaw&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

This series was obtained from Peter York this summer of 1915, when camped here with his family of basket makers, and also after his return to the Rama Reserve where he lives. This reserve is to the east of Lake Couchiching in Ontario County in Ontario Province. The tales told by John York were told in Ojibwa to Peter York and were written down in English by Peter York, who can read and write English. I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as possible, using his terms, such as “went to work,” etc., and not changing his meaning in any sense. Some of these stories may appear crude, and others rather indefinite, but I have in no way altered them, preferring to leave them...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ojibwa-myths-and-tales-76755/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ojibwa-myths-and-tales-76755/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ojibwa-myths-and-tales-76755/chapters/3/index.md)