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

by Frank Bird Linderman

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Nature & Animal Fiction

23 chapters3h 13mEnglish1915

About this book

Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." (Summary by Dover Children's Classics)

Chapters (22)

101 - Why the chipmunk's back is striped

812

202 - How the ducks got their fine feathers

412

303 - Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet

423

404 - Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked

404

505 - Old-man remarks the world

888

606 - Why Blackfeet never kill mice

436

707 - How the otter skin became great "medicine"

860

808 - Old-man steals the sun's leggings

690

909 - Old-man and his conscience

610

1010 - Old-man's treachery

507

1111 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful

417

1212 - Why the mountain-lion is long and lean

809

1313 - The fire-leggings

339

1414 - The moon and the great snake

280

1515 - Why the deer has no gall

350

1616 - Why indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes

395

1717 - Old-man and the fox

693

1818 - Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark

354

1919 - Mistakes of old-man

199

2020 - How the man found his mate

410

2121 - Dreams

571

2222 - Retrospection

252

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

About this book

Chapters (22)

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