Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) was an American writer working in the genres humour and satire and collecting folklore. He studied American and European traditions and travelled a lot while working as a journalist. Leland became famous for his comic book 'Hans Breitman's Ballads'.
This short piece of prose represents a brief retelling of Indian myths with the commentary and the analysis by Charles Leland. It's dedicated to Glooskap the main character of Indian folklore and the ways his character corresponds to similar ones in Anglo-Saxon mythology.