Charles Godfrey Leland was an American journalist, traveler and writer. First of all he was considered as a writer of humor and folklorist genre. Traveling around the world he collected numerous stories and legends which became a primary part of his literary works. “How A Woman Lost A Gun For Fear Of The Weewillmekq” is a brief Indian legend about a man and a wife who gathered to enjoy the fall hunting but unfortunately lost their canoe, guns, traps, kettle, and everything they had. Suddenly two Indians came to portage where they sat and asked them only a strange question “Could you tell your gun if you saw it?” If they could only knew what they were going to overcome.