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Overview
Leland’s Mi’kmaq-labelled pursuit begins with competing accounts of Glooskap’s isolation. One has jealous animal-people leave an island with his companions; another locates the departure at the mouth of the St John. Win-pe is seen taking Dame Bear and Martin away in his canoe with his own family. The grandmother returns Glooskap’s tiny dogs on a wooden dish. The captor’s route passes through named coastal places before reaching Newfoundland.
Glooskap delays his pursuit for seven years or, in another version, seven months. Whale crossings and encounters with hostile magicians follow. In the final camp, the captives are hungry and badly treated. The rescue turns violently on deliberately provoking Win-pe through the killing of his baby. When he pursues Martin, Glooskap confronts him and grows until his head reaches above the clouds. A contemptuous blow from the end of his bow kills Win-pe.
The text’s notes identify Nancy Jeddore as the source from whom Rand learned one version, including the detail that the starving Martin retains fine clothing like the animal’s fine fur. This does not assign every component of Leland’s assembled story to her. The neighbouring Passamaquoddy chapter gives the island-betrayal role to Pook-jin-skwess and has a different survival and mosquito-transformation ending. These are compared narrative roles, not a warrant to replace Win-pe’s name or fate with those of that figure.
Origins & earliest records
Leland labels the principal narrative Mi’kmaq and intersperses variant accounts, Rand’s geographical and linguistic notes and a specific Nancy Jeddore attribution. The complete abduction, pursuit and Newfoundland confrontation were read; the adjacent Passamaquoddy account remains separately attributed.
Records & interpretation
Complete selected narrative and attached source notes were inspected. Leland’s editorial comparisons and theories remain separate from the narrated actions.
In the literature
“he tapped the sorcerer lightly with the end of his bow”
How Win-pe the Sorcerer ...; complete first chapter and complete Of the Dreadful Deeds of the Evil Pitcher ... final pursuit · Leland English collected retelling; source-specific credits retained
Win-pe takes Dame Bear and Martin with his wife and child. Glooskap receives his tiny dogs and delays, with seven-years/seven-months alternatives. After whale transport and deceptive witches, he finds the abused captives in Newfoundland. Martin lures their captor toward the hidden rescuer; Glooskap grows above trees and clouds, kills Win-pe with a light bow-tap. Island-departure plotting and St-John theft are presented as different versions.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
The Algonquin Legends of New England
How Win-pe the Sorcerer, having stolen Glooskap’s Family, was by him pursued; complete pursuit and final confrontation.
- 02
The Algonquin Legends of New England — family theft and complete pursuit
Original work1884; Gutenberg6803 selected transcription, exact source print impression and pages unidentified. Full Preface and Authorities read.
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The Algonquin Legends of New England
Original work1884; Gutenberg6803 selected transcription, exact source print impression and pages unidentified. Full Preface and Authorities read.
- Win-pe takes Dame Bear and Martin with his wife and child. Glooskap receives his tiny dogs and delays, with seven-years/seven-months alternatives. After whale transport and deceptive witches, he finds the abused captives in Newfoundland. Martin lures their captor toward the hidden rescuer; Glooskap grows above trees and clouds, kills Win-pe with a light bow-tap. Island-departure plotting and St-John theft are presented as different versions.
No entire volume, independent oral record or separate cited manuscript/comparative edition reviewed. Variant/narrator boundaries preserved; no earliest, medical or diffusion proof claimed.
References
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- Primary textLeland 1884: How Win-pe the Sorcerer, having stolen Glooskap’s Family, was by him pursuedResearch access: 2026-10-05
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