Glooskap Setting His Dogs on the Witches, ca. 1884

Contributed by Maine Historical Society

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Glooskap, the creator of the Wabanaki people, taught them to respect and protect the world around them.

The illustration is part of the book Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes by Charles G. Leland (1884).

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  • Title: Glooskap Setting His Dogs on the Witches, ca. 1884
  • Creation Date: circa 1884
  • Subject Date: circa 1884
  • Locations:
    • ME
    • NB, Canada
  • Media: Ink on paper
  • Local Code: QJ 398.2 L538
  • Object Type: Text and Image

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