Glooscap the great chief, and other stories - ElectricCanadian.com

INTRODUCTION
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by them Glooscap-week ( Glooscap s Home).
Once Dr. Band asked an Indian whether he
really believed that such a person as Glooscap
ever lived. The Micmac looked at him in sur
prise.
"Why!"
he exclaimed, looking about him,
"Why, all dese pitty stones, him, lie makum!"
Surely this was conclusive evidence!
Another Indian, Stephen, said of Glooscap:
"He is not far from any of the Indians."
And the Micmac, Benjamin Brooks, said:
"The Indians did not know where he was,
and therefore they did not know which way to
go but
; they knew that while he was with them
he was never very far away, and that he could
always be found by those who diligently sought
him."
And still another spoke of the Master in these
words :
"He loved mankind, and whenever he might
be in the wilderness, he was never very far
from any Indian. He dwelt in a lonely land,
but whenever they sought him they found him."
"These were his very words," writes Dr.
Eand, "and he had no idea that he was using
almost the exact words of Holy Writ with ref
erence to
God."
"This remarkable personage," the mission
ary continues, "figures in all their atookwo-