PREFACE vii

Professor E. N. Horsford for permission to use the Rand publication and manuscripts:

To the librarians of Clark University and of the Free Public Library of Worcester for their never failing courtesy and aid:

To Dr. Alexander F. Chamberlain of Clark University who has obligingly answered per- plexing questions about the Indians:

To Mrs. John Bentley of Halifax who kindly loaned me her copy of the now rare Legends of the Micmacs:

To Miss Hattie Rand who gave me an inti- mate view of her father’s life and work:

To my dear father, for many talks about his own acquaintance with Micmao Indians, and for numerous anecdotes about Dr. Rand, both of which gave me a better equipment for the prep— aration of these legends:

And last, my indebtedness is reverently acknowledged to her whose life was an inspira- tion to those who knew her, and whose teach- ings were consistent with her life.

EMELYN NEWCOMB PARTRIDGE.

Worcester, Massachusetts, January 16, 1913.