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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land

by Charles M. Skinner

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Hudson and Its Hills
  3. 3Catskill Gnomes
  4. 4The Catskill Witch
  5. 5The Revenge of Shandaken
  6. 6Condemned to the Noose
  7. 7Big Indian
  8. 8The Baker’s Dozen
  9. 9The Devil’s Dance-Chamber
  10. 10The Culprit Fay
  11. 11Pokepsie
  12. 12Dunderberg
  13. 13Anthony’s Nose
  14. 14Moodua Creek
  15. 15A Trapper’s Ghastly Vengeance
  16. 16The Vanderdecken of Tappan Zee
  17. 17The Galloping Hessian
  18. 18Storm Ship of the Hudson
  19. 19Why Spuyten Duyvil Is So Named
  20. 20The Ramapo Salamander
  21. 21Chief Croton
  22. 22The Retreat From Mahopac
  23. 23Niagara
  24. 24The Deformed of Zoar
  25. 25Horseheads
  26. 26Kayuta and Waneta
  27. 27The Drop Star
  28. 28The Prophet of Palmyra
  29. 29A Villain’s Cremation
  30. 30The Monster Mosquitoe
  31. 31The Green Picture
  32. 32The Nuns of Carthage
  33. 33The Skull in the Wall
  34. 34The Haunted Mill
  35. 35Old Indian Face
  36. 36The Division of the Saranacs
  37. 37An Event in Indian Park
  38. 38The Indian Plume
  39. 39Birth of the Water-Lily
  40. 40Rogers’s Slide
  41. 41The Falls at Cohoes
  42. 42Francis Woolcott’s Night-Riders
  43. 43Polly’s Lover
  44. 44Crosby, the Patriot Spy
  45. 45The Lost Grave of Paine
  46. 46The Rising of Gouverneur Morris
  47. 47The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby
  48. 48The Knell at the Wedding
  49. 49Roistering Dirck Van Dara
  50. 50The Party From Gibbet Island
  51. 51Miss Britton’s Poker
  52. 52The Devil’s Stepping-Stones
  53. 53The Springs of Blood and Water
  54. 54The Crumbling Silver
  55. 55The Cortelyou Elopement
  56. 56Van Wempel’s Goose
  57. 57The Weary Watcher
  58. 58The Rival Fiddlers
  59. 59Wyandank
  60. 60Mark of the Spirit Hand
  61. 61The First Liberal Church
  62. 62On and Near the Delaware
  63. 63Delaware Water Gap
  64. 64The Phantom Drummer
  65. 65The Missing Soldier of Valley Forge
  66. 66The Last Shot at Germantown
  67. 67A Blow in the Dark
  68. 68The Tory’s Conversion
  69. 69Lord Percy’s Dream
  70. 70Saved by the Bible
  71. 71Parricide of the Wissahickon
  72. 72The Blacksmith at Brandywine
  73. 73Father and Son
  74. 74The Envy of Manitou
  75. 75The Last Revel in Printz Hall
  76. 76The Two Rings
  77. 77Flame Scalps of the Chartiers
  78. 78The Consecration of Washington
  79. 79Tales of Puritan Land
  80. 80The Snoring of Swunksus
  81. 81The Lewiston Hermit
  82. 82The Dead Ship of Harpswell
  83. 83The Schoolmaster Had Not Reached Orrington
  84. 84Jack Welch’s Death Light
  85. 85The Lady Ursula
  86. 86Father Moody’s Black Veil
  87. 87The Home of Thunder
  88. 88The Partridge Witch
  89. 89The Marriage of Mount Katahdin
  90. 90The Moose of Mount Kineo
  91. 91The Owl Tree
  92. 92A Chestnut Log
  93. 93The Watcher on White Island
  94. 94Chocorua
  95. 95Passaconaway’s Ride to Heaven
  96. 96The Ball Game by the Saco
  97. 97The White Mountains
  98. 98The Vision on Mount Adams
  99. 99The Great Carbuncle
  100. 100Skinner’s Cave
  101. 101Yet They Call It Lover’s Leap
  102. 102Salem and Other Witchcraft
  103. 103The Gloucester Leaguers
  104. 104Satan and His Burial-Place
  105. 105Peter Rugg, the Missing Man
  106. 106The Loss of Weetamoo
  107. 107The Fatal Forget-Me-Not
  108. 108The Old Mill at Somerville
  109. 109Edward Randolph’s Portrait
  110. 110Lady Eleanore’s Mantle
  111. 111Howe’s Masquerade
  112. 112Old Esther Dudley
  113. 113The Loss of Jacob Hurd
  114. 114The Hobomak
  115. 115Berkshire Tories
  116. 116The Revenge of Josiah Breeze
  117. 117The May-Pole of Merrymount
  118. 118The Devil and Tom Walker
  119. 119The Gray Champion
  120. 120The Forest Smithy
  121. 121Wahconah Falls
  122. 122Knocking at the Tomb
  123. 123The White Deer of Onota
  124. 124Wizard’s Glen
  125. 125Balanced Rock
  126. 126Shonkeek-Moonkeek
  127. 127The Salem Alchemist
  128. 128Eliza Wharton
  129. 129Sale of the Southwicks
  130. 130The Courtship of Myles Standish
  131. 131Mother Crewe
  132. 132Aunt Rachel’s Curse
  133. 133Nix’s Mate
  134. 134The Wild Man of Cape Cod
  135. 135Newbury’s Old Elm
  136. 136Samuel Sewall’s Prophecy
  137. 137The Shrieking Woman
  138. 138Agnes Surriage
  139. 139Skipper Ireson’s Ride
  140. 140Heartbreak Hill
  141. 141Harry Main: The Treasure and the Cats
  142. 142The Wessaguscus Hanging
  143. 143The Unknown Champion
  144. 144Goody Cole
  145. 145General Moulton and the Devil
  146. 146The Skeleton in Armor
  147. 147Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
  148. 148Love and Treason
  149. 149The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown
  150. 150The Crow and Cat of Hopkinshill
  151. 151The Old Stone Mill
  152. 152Origin of a Name
  153. 153Micah Rood Apples
  154. 154A Dinner and Its Consequences
  155. 155The New Haven Storm Ship
  156. 156The Windam Frogs
  157. 157The Lamb of Sacrifice
  158. 158Moodus Noises
  159. 159Haddam Enchantments
  160. 160Block Island and the Palatine
  161. 161The Buccaneer
  162. 162Robert Lockwood’s Fate
  163. 163Love and Rum
  164. 164Lights and Shadows of the South
  165. 165The Moaning Sisters
  166. 166A Ride for a Bride
  167. 167Spooks of the Hiawassee
  168. 168Lake of the Dismal Swamp
  169. 169The Barge of Defeat
  170. 170Natural Bridge
  171. 171The Silence Broken
  172. 172Siren of the French Broad
  173. 173The Hunter of Calawassee
  174. 174Revenge of the Accabee
  175. 175Toccoa Falls
  176. 176Two Lives for One
  177. 177A Ghostly Avenger
  178. 178The Wraith Ringer of Atlanta
  179. 179The Swallowing Earthquake
  180. 180Last Stand of the Biloxi
  181. 181The Sacred Fire of Nachez
  182. 182Pass Christian
  183. 183The Under Land
  184. 184The Cenral States and the Great Lakes
  185. 185The Obstinacy of Saint Clair
  186. 186The Hundredth Skull
  187. 187The Crime of Black Swamp
  188. 188The House Accursed
  189. 189Michel de Coucy’s Troubles
  190. 190Wallen’s Ridge
  191. 191The Sky Walker of Huron
  192. 192The Coffin of Snakes
  193. 193Mackinack
  194. 194Lake Superior Water Gods
  195. 195The Witch of Pictured Rocks
  196. 196The Origin of White-Fish
  197. 197The Spirit of Cloudy
  198. 198The Sun Fire at Sault Sainte Marie
  199. 199The Snake God of Belle Isle
  200. 200Were-Wolves of Detroit
  201. 201The Escape of Francois Navarre
  202. 202The Old Lodger
  203. 203The Nain Rouge
  204. 204Two Revenges
  205. 205Hiawatha
  206. 206The Indian Messiah
  207. 207The Vision of Rescue
  208. 208Devil’s Lake
  209. 209The Keusca Elopement
  210. 210Pipestone
  211. 211The Virgins’ Feast
  212. 212Falls of St. Anthony
  213. 213Flying Shadow and Track Maker
  214. 214Saved by a Lightning-Stroke
  215. 215The Killing of Cloudy Sky
  216. 216Providence Hole
  217. 217The Scare Cure
  218. 218Twelfth Night at Cahokia
  219. 219The Spell of Creve Ciur Lake
  220. 220How the Crime Was Revealed
  221. 221Banshee of the Bad Lands
  222. 222Standing Rock
  223. 223The Salt Witch
  224. 224Along the Rocky Range
  225. 225The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass
  226. 226The River of Lost Souls
  227. 227Riders of the Desert
  228. 228The Division of Two Tribes
  229. 229Besieged by Starvation
  230. 230A Yellowstone Tragedy
  231. 231The Broad House
  232. 232The Death Waltz
  233. 233The Flood at Santa Fe
  234. 234Goddess of Salt
  235. 235The Coming of the Navajos
  236. 236The Ark on Superstition Mountains
  237. 237The Pale Faced Lightning
  238. 238The Weird Sentinel at Squaw Peak
  239. 239Sacrifice of the Toltecs
  240. 240Ta-Vwots Conquers the Sun
  241. 241The Comanche Rider
  242. 242Horned Toad and Giants
  243. 243The Spider Tower
  244. 244The Lost Trail
  245. 245A Battle in the Air
  246. 246On the Pacific Coast
  247. 247Tamanous of Tacoma
  248. 248The Devil and the Dalles
  249. 249Cascades of the Columbia
  250. 250The Death of Umatilla
  251. 251Hunger Valley
  252. 252The Wrath of Manitou
  253. 253The Spook of Misery Hill
  254. 254The Queen of Death Valley
  255. 255Bridal Veil Fall
  256. 256The Governor’s Right Eye
  257. 257The Prisoner in American Shaft
  258. 258As to Buried Riches
  259. 259Other Buried Wealth
  260. 260Storied Waters, Cliffs and Mountains
  261. 261Stone-Throwing Devils
  262. 262Storied Springs
  263. 263Lovers’ Leaps
  264. 264God on the Mountains

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