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Indian Stories and Legends of the
Stillaguamish and Allied Tribes
ByNels Bruseth
Author's Forward
These
little stories about animals, people and places have been told
to me by people whose friendship I value highly. Several of them
are now gone to the happy hunting grounds. It is about twenty
years ago since the first ones were written down as notes in a
scrapbook. Since then. the collection has been increasing
steadily. Have told some of them to friends; they have
encouraged me to publish, if possible, a few of the more
interesting ones. The demand would of course be limited, and as
it costs nearly as much to print a small number of books or
pamphlets as more, the price will be higher than it should be.
It would be the greatest pleasure to me if I could afford to
have a couple hundred copies printed and give them away to
people who might wish to have them. However, I make no excuse
for this effort; I am sure a few people will appreciate it,
regardless of poor grammar, and other faults.
It is very difficult, at least for me, to spell some of
the Indian words so that they can be correctly pronounced.
Neither letter or mark will produce just the right sound.
In getting legends and stories it is well to mention that
hearing them told by the people of different tribes they will
vary considerably.
There are quite a number of stories told me by people now
dead which are left out of this collection, but will probably be
used when sufficient corroboration and proof of local origin and
application can be found.
It is interesting to note that the Indians say Skagit is the
name of a place an the other side of Whidby Island and not the
right name for the river.
I am greatly indebted to James Dorsey of Trafton and James Price
of Hazel for advice and correction as to names of places and
checking up on matters contained in these stories.
Listen to the Indian
He Knows
We know a lot
about the animals and wild life, don't we also about hunting and
fishing, about how things happened to happen and be as they are.
But do we know as much about these things as the Indian? No,
certainly not. Let us then, at tonight's camp fire, sit down and
attentatively listen, to what our Indian friend had to tell us.
He hasn't read these stories in books, all he knows and tells us
has been told around other camp fires way back into "ole man"
time and corroborated by his own observations.
Stoluckquamish
True to their traditions as "Canoe" Indians
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Indian Stories and Legends of the
Stillaguamish and Allied Tribes
