Post by Okwes on Apr 14, 2008 13:07:23 GMT -5
Glooscap Turns Bad Into Good - Micmac
When Glooscap came in from the sea, he was riding his canoe,which was made
of stone. He ran aground near what we now call St. John. He had been chasing
two giant beavers. He was trying to stop them from raising any trouble.
He tried to stop them right there, where the Reversing Falls is today. He
built a dam so they couldn't go up the river. But still, the beavers managed
to get past Glooscap, and travelled up the "Beautiful River", which is now
called the St. John River.
Glooscap took two stones and threw them at these beavers. One stone landed a
long way up the river and became Grand Falls.
The other stone hit the beaver. It landed in a rocky area, which is now
called Plaster Rock. To this day, you can still see the red clay on the
river bank. They say that this comes from the blood of the beaver.
Glooscap often used animals who were bad to make something good. He paddled
up and down this Beautiful River (St. John) many times.
Even near Kingsclear where Glooscap came up, long before the Mactaquac Dam
was built, he used the ledges to hold on to when he fell. Glooscap even left
his image on those rocks. And where he left his snowshoes is where they were
transformed and turned into The Snowshoe Islands.
These are all sacred places. Even the little people lived near the village
of Kingsclear.
As retold by Elder: Charles Solomon of Kingsclear and Luke Simon of Big Cove
www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/QWERTY/Qweb/qwerte/mic_mal/bad2good.htm
When Glooscap came in from the sea, he was riding his canoe,which was made
of stone. He ran aground near what we now call St. John. He had been chasing
two giant beavers. He was trying to stop them from raising any trouble.
He tried to stop them right there, where the Reversing Falls is today. He
built a dam so they couldn't go up the river. But still, the beavers managed
to get past Glooscap, and travelled up the "Beautiful River", which is now
called the St. John River.
Glooscap took two stones and threw them at these beavers. One stone landed a
long way up the river and became Grand Falls.
The other stone hit the beaver. It landed in a rocky area, which is now
called Plaster Rock. To this day, you can still see the red clay on the
river bank. They say that this comes from the blood of the beaver.
Glooscap often used animals who were bad to make something good. He paddled
up and down this Beautiful River (St. John) many times.
Even near Kingsclear where Glooscap came up, long before the Mactaquac Dam
was built, he used the ledges to hold on to when he fell. Glooscap even left
his image on those rocks. And where he left his snowshoes is where they were
transformed and turned into The Snowshoe Islands.
These are all sacred places. Even the little people lived near the village
of Kingsclear.
As retold by Elder: Charles Solomon of Kingsclear and Luke Simon of Big Cove
www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/QWERTY/Qweb/qwerte/mic_mal/bad2good.htm