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LEGENDS OF THE NORTHWEST.

By H. L. Gordon

_Author of Pauline_.




CONTAINING

PRELUDE--THE MISSISSIPPI.

THE FEAST OF THE VIRGINS, A LEGEND OF THE DAKOTAS.

WINONA, A LEGEND OF THE DAKOTAS.

THE LEGEND OF THE FALLS, A LEGEND OF THE DAKOTAS.

THE SEA-GULL, THE OJIBWA LEGEND OF THE PICTURED ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

MINNETONKA.

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PREFACE.

I have for several years devoted many of my leisure hours to the study
of the language, history, traditions, customs and superstitions of the
