Now when Glooskap left Uktukamkw, or Newfoundland, it was in a canoe, and he came to Piktook (Micmac for Pictou), which means the bubbling up of air, because there is much bubbling in the water near that place. And here there was an Indian village, and in that place the Master met with a man …

It is well known unto all Indians who still keep the true faith of the olden time that there are wondrous dwellers in the lonely woods, such as elves and fairies, called by the Micmacs, Mikumwessos, and by the Passamaquoddies, Oonahgawessos. And these can work great wonders, and also sing so as to charm the …

Now Glooskap had freed the world from all the mighty monsters of an early time: the giants wandered no longer in the wilderness; the cullo terrified man no more, as it spread its wings like the cloud between him and the sun; the dreadful Chenoo of the North devoured him not; no evil beasts, devils, and serpents …