Margaret Bemister

Thirty Indian Legends (Dodo Press) Margaret Bemister

Margaret Bemister (1877-? ) was the Canadian author of: Stories From Prairie and Mountain (1909), Thirty Indian Legends (1912), Indian Legends: Stories of America Before Columbus (1914) and Golden Caravel (? ). "For the most part the legends here told are drawn from original sources. Many of the stories are printed for the first time; others have been adapted from well-known authorities. The author wishes to acknowledge in this latter connection help received from the collection, "The Indian in his Wigwam. " Thanks are also due to Mr. G. H. Dunn, St. Andrew's Locks, Manitoba, for the "Sleep Fairies"; to Mr. C. Linklater, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, for the "Adventures of Wesakchak"; to Mr. J. S. Logie, Summerland, British Columbia, for "The Chief's Bride"; to the Okanagan chief, Antowyne, for the other Okanagan legends; and to a paper read before the Royal Society of Canada by Mr. G. M. Dawson, for "The Old Stump. ""