Tales from Temagami - Land of Deep Water

Timagami Folk-Lore Collected by Dr. Frank G. Speck, anthropologist, in 1913 during his two weeks stay on Bear (Makominising) island in Lake Te-mee-ay-gaming(Temagami), homeland of Teme-Augama Anishnabe - People of Deep Water All stories Telling stories How to foretell sex of a child to be born A little device to bring rain Northen Lights Milky Way Rainbow Whippoorwill's Cry Robin's and Toad's Songs forecast rain Blue-bottle flies and rain On Moles On Hiccoughing Born Feet First On cooking squirrels To bring on a snowstorm... A Sign of cold weather coming A Sign of wind To cause the wind to rise A divination device Pa'gak Me`'megwe`'s`i