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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...of old country stock, he was at no loss for interesting and valuable data. From Ferland's history and other sources, including the censuses, from those of the 17th century to the last, Mr. Reade showed in what way Canada had been settled and where the folk-lorist had the best opportunities with regard to each race or nationality. He next gave a summary of what had already been done in the way of Folk-Lore research by Abbe' Petitot, Mr. H. Hale, Dr. F. Boas, Mr. A. F. Chamberlain, Abbe Maurault, Dr. G. M. Dawson, Mr. James Deans, the late Dr. Rand, Mra. W. W. Brown, the Rev. John McLean, Father Lacombe, Rev. E. F. "Wilson, Mr. Frechette, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, Mr. Beaugrand, etc. He also referred to the colonies of.Norsemen, Russians, Hungarians, Roumanians, Chinese, etc., settled in Western Canada, all with strongly marked racial features in their social, religious and industrial life. Finally, the essayist Called attention to the mass of virtually forgotten lore to be found in the works of Champlain, the Jesuits' Rolations, Charlevoix, de Gaspe", the writings of. travellers, Nor. Westers (including the Hon. Mr. Masson's excellent series) Mr. Canniff Haight's "Country Life in Canada," the writings of Messrs. LeMoine, Suite, F. de Saint Maurice, and numerous other works of the past and present. After a short discussion, Mr. Frechette read a paper, entitled "La Corriveau," based on a double murder and two-fold trial--the latter of which took place in the year 1763, near the close of the Rigne Militairet and was a striking illustration of the legal barbarism of the time. It was, however, in the superstitions that gathered around the unhallowed spot where the murderess was hanged in chains and enclosed within an iron cage, that the ...
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