Legends of a Lost Tribe: Folk tales of the Beothuck Indians of Newfoundland - O'Neill, Paul

Clean, tight, unmarked; crease across inside lower back corner of cover; a few light scratches to covers; pen mark close to upper back upper edge; otherwise appears unread; The original "red Indians" the Beothucks of Newfoundland, called "red men" from their custom of painting their bodies with red ochre, were fascinating and noble tribe whose legends died with them in the 19th century. O'Neill constructs the form that some of their folk tales might have taken, based on all the known facts about the tribe, including the information given by the last Beothuck, a woman who died in 1829. In presenting these mythic tales of the stars, the seas, the rivers, thunder, lightning, fire, snow, and other elements of the natural world. A vivid, colourful portrait of this mysterious and vanished people.
Very Good
Paperback
McClelland and Stewart
1976
Toronto, ON