Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire

by Frank Bird Linderman

Overview

The great Northwest-that wonderful frontier that called to itself a world's hardiest spirits-is rapidly becoming a settled country; and before the light of civilizing influences, the blanket-Indian has trailed the buffalo over the divide that time has set between the pioneer and the crowd. With his passing we have lost much of the aboriginal folk-lore, rich in its fairy-like characters, and its relation to the lives of a most warlike people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788832505139
Publisher:	iOnlineShopping.com
Publication date:	01/30/2019
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

Why the Chipmunk's Back Is Striped
How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers
Why the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet
Why the Curlew's Bill Is Long and Crooked
Old-man Remakes the World
Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice
"How the Otter Skin Became Great "Medicine"
Old-man Steals the Sun's Leggings
Old-man and His Conscience
Old-man's Treachery
Why the Night-hawk's Wings Are Beautiful
Why the Mountain-lion Is Long and Lean
The Fire-Leggings
The Moon and the Great Snake
Why th Deer Has No Gall
Why the Indians Whip the Buffalo-Berries from the Bushes
Old-man and the Fox
Why th Birch-Tree Wears the Slashes in Its Bark
Mistakes of Old-man
How the Man Found His Mate
Dreams
Retrospection