Cibou: A NovelSensitive and enlightening, Cibou is set in 17th-century Mi'kma'ki, territory of the Mi'kmaq of Maritime Canada. The story is that of a young Mi'kmaw woman and her relationship with Jesuit missionary Anthony Daniel - a historical figure who was stationed in Cape Breton - and his brother, Captain Charles Daniel who had established a French fishing and trading post there. (The priest Daniel was later posted to Huronia where he later met a violent end and martyrdom as Saint Anthony Daniel.) Susan Biagi has woven a marvelously intuitive tale ... at once beautiful and harsh, observing the simple and dangerous lives of cultures interacting on the threshold of new world history. |
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... fingers and let- ting them fall to the ground in languid waterfalls of colour . I watched events play out slowly before me : Charles advancing up the beach , laboriously , as if wading ankle deep through the sand ; Lord Stewart sitting ...
... fingers and let- ting them fall to the ground in languid waterfalls of colour . I watched events play out slowly before me : Charles advancing up the beach , laboriously , as if wading ankle deep through the sand ; Lord Stewart sitting ...
Page 153
... fingers to scrape the inside of his bowl . I laughed inside myself . When Antoine first arrived among us , he had scraped off the excess with a small stick . Somewhere along the way he had learned that fingers are sometimes the best ...
... fingers to scrape the inside of his bowl . I laughed inside myself . When Antoine first arrived among us , he had scraped off the excess with a small stick . Somewhere along the way he had learned that fingers are sometimes the best ...
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... fingers over my breast , where a tiny salamander- the totem of his house - lay coiled . “ You did me great honour in asking . " I lay my fingers over his , pressing down hard in my need to feel the weight of his hand upon me . " The ...
... fingers over my breast , where a tiny salamander- the totem of his house - lay coiled . “ You did me great honour in asking . " I lay my fingers over his , pressing down hard in my need to feel the weight of his hand upon me . " The ...
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already animals Antoine Antoine's arms arrived asked beach bear began beside body Bright Eyes brother called carried caught Charles Charles's chief child Cibou circle close crowd dark death dream edge enemy face Father feet felt fingers fire fish fishermen followed force French give hair hand head heard held hold hoped hunters husband keep knew land laughed leave live looked Lord Stewart mind morning mother Mouse move never night once passed path perhaps Pierrot pulled quickly raised reached remained remembered robe sail seemed seen ship shore shoulder side skin smile speak spent spoke standing stepped stood story sure surprised Taqtaloq tell thing thought told took trees turned village voice waiting walked warriors watched waves whispered wife wikuom women young