# Legends of Vancouver — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson.

- [Biographical Notice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/biographical-notice.md): This biographical notice outlines the life and career of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), daughter of Chief G. H. M. Johnson of the Six Nations Indians and Emily S. Howells. It details her limited formal education, ear
- [Legends of Vancouver](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/legends-of-vancouver.md): A collection of Indigenous legends from the Vancouver area, as told by Chief Capilano to Pauline Johnson, blending oral tradition with the natural and cultural landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
- [The Two Sisters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-two-sisters.md): The chapter recounts the Indigenous legend of 'The Two Sisters' (known to settlers as 'The Lions of Vancouver'), in which a great Tyee's two daughters, coming of age, request that their father invite their hostile northe
- [The Siwash Rock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-siwash-rock.md): The chapter recounts the Squamish legend of Siwash Rock, a stone monument to 'Clean Fatherhood.' A young chief defies the four men of the Sagalie Tyee while swimming to purify himself before his child's birth, and is tra
- [The Recluse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-recluse.md): The narrator recounts a legend told by Chief Capilano about a Squamish chief who was banished for ten years after fathering twins, believed to bring evil to the tribe. The chief built a solitary lodge by the Capilano Riv
- [The Lost Salmon-Run](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-lost-salmon-run.md): The narrator encounters an elderly Indigenous woman (klootchman) who has been absent from the salmon fishing season because she became a grandmother to a girl-child. She explains her preference for a girl by telling the 
- [The Deep Waters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-deep-waters.md): Pauline Johnson recounts the Squamish legend of the Deluge, contrasting it with the Iroquois flood story. As relentless rain raises the sea, the tribes build a giant canoe and a massive cable to anchor it. When the water
- [The Sea-Serpent](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-sea-serpent.md): Chief Capilano recounts the legend of the Salt-Chuck Oluk, a sea-serpent born from the greed of a young man named Shak-shak during the Fraser River gold rush. The Tenas Tyee, a generous and clean-hearted boy, volunteers 
- [The Lost Island](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-lost-island.md): The narrator's old tillicum laments the loss of Indian lands, culture, and traditions, comparing them to a legendary lost island in the North Arm. He recounts a vision of a great medicine-man who, foreseeing the white ma
- [Point Grey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/point-grey.md): A young Squamish friend tells the narrator the legend of Homolsom Rock, a stone at Point Grey that was once the Tyee of the West Wind, a cruel storm god who challenged the Sagalie Tyee. The Four Men, sent by the Sagalie 
- [The Tulameen Trail](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-tulameen-trail.md): The narrator describes a journey through the Dry Belt valleys, focusing on the haunting music of the Tulameen River. An Indigenous legend explains the river's voice: a young girl's spirit is trapped in its waters after s
- [The Grey Archway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-grey-archway.md): The narrator encounters an old tillicum on a steamer who tells the legend of Yaada, a Haida maiden who must choose between a wealthy old medicine-man and a poor young fisherman named Ulka. She proposes a stone-throwing c
- [Deadman’s Island](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/deadman-s-island.md): Chief Capilano recounts the Squamish legend of Deadman’s Island, where a fierce war between northern and southern tribes led to a heroic sacrifice: two hundred young warriors gave their lives to free their captured famil
- [A Squamish Legend of Napoleon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/a-squamish-legend-of-napoleon.md): Chief Capilano tells Pauline Johnson the Squamish legend of how Napoleon Bonaparte lost a magical talisman—a joint from a sea-serpent's vertebra—that had been sent to him by a dying Squamish warrior's women. The charm en
- [The Lure in Stanley Park](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/the-lure-in-stanley-park.md): This chapter recounts the Coast Indian legend of a witch-woman turned to stone in Stanley Park, whose evil soul lures unwary travelers into endless circling. The Sagalie Tyee's Four Men transform kind souls into the Cath
- [Deer Lake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/deer-lake.md): This chapter recounts the story of the first Chief Capilano and his pursuit of a giant seal using a treasured elk-bone spear passed down through generations. After losing the spear and rope when the seal escapes into Fal
- [A Royal Mohawk Chief](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/a-royal-mohawk-chief.md): This chapter recounts the historic ceremony in 1869 when Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and son of Queen Victoria, was inducted as a chief of the Mohawk tribe of the Six Nations Iroquois. The narrative describes the jo
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/legends_of_vancouver_se/chapters/endnotes.md): The endnotes provide brief references and annotations for terms and concepts mentioned throughout the book, including deities, animals, currency, and a poetic allusion.

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