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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians

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1. Front matter 2. WIGWAM STORIES 3. PREFACE 4. CONTENTS 5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 6. BOOKS IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGE 7. SOME THINGS THE INDIANS KNEW BEFORE WHITE MEN CAME 8. HOW THE IROQUOIS BUILT THEIR LOG FORTS 9. INDIAN RECORDS 10. WAMPUM MONEY 11. INDIAN TRAITS 12. THE INDIAN’S EYE TRAINING 13. MEDICINE MEN AMONG THE INDIANS 14. THE INDIAN AT HOME 15. MEANING OF INDIAN TOTEMS AND NAMES 16. THE INDIAN NAMES FOR THE MONTHS OR MOONS 17. CUSTOMS OF KICKAPOO, SEMINOLE, AND OTHER TRIBES 18. THE INDIANS WHO LIVE IN BRICK HOUSES 19. THE MOKI INDIANS 20. DAKOTA OR SIOUX 21. INDIAN GAMES 22. SIOUX AND CHIPPEWAS OF MINNESOTA 23. CHIEF LOGAN AND OTHERS 24. A NAVAJO MEDICINE CHANT 25. HOW THE CAVE PEOPLE FOUND DRY LAND ON THE EARTH 26. TRADITIONS AND MYTHS 27. INTRODUCTORY—INDIAN STORIES 28. I. IAGOO, THE GREAT STORY-TELLER 29. II. HOW CLAY DISHES WERE FIRST MADE 30. III. LEAPING ROCK IN THE PIPESTONE VALLEY 31. IV. THE FACE OF THE GREAT MANITOU IN THE ROCK 32. V. HOW TWO SQUAWS SAVED THEIR BAND 33. VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE CRANE TRIBE OF THE OJIBWAY OR CHIPPEWA INDIANS 34. VII. STORY OF THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN 35. VIII. GIANTS AND FAIRIES 36. IX. WEENK THE SLEEP-BRINGER AND HIS WARRIORS 37. X. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE SENECAS 38. XI. THE HUNTER WHO COULD FLY 39. XII. HOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL 40. XIII. THE BLUE HERON AND THE WOLF 41. XIV. THE LITTLE WOLF BROTHER 42. XV. THE GOOD BEAR AND THE LOST BOY 43. XVI. LEGEND OF NIAGARA FALLS 44. XVII. HOW THE INDIANS CAME TO KNOW MEDICINE PLANTS 45. XVIII. MONDAHMIN, WHO GAVE THE CORN 46. XIX. THE MARRIAGE OF MONDAHMIN 47. XX. THE PRAIRIE DANDELION 48. A Legend of Minnehaha Falls 49. XXII. AN INDIAN TEMPERANCE SPEECH 50. XXIII. THE GIRL WHO BECAME A PINE TREE 51. XXIV. THE WHITE STONE CANOE 52. XXV. THE GREAT BEAR IN THE SKY 53. XXVI. THE NORTH STAR 54. XXVII. THE STAR THAT NEVER MOVES 55. XXVIII. TRAPPING IN THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS 56. XXIX. THE OLD MAN IN THE SKY 57. XXX. WHERE THE MORNING STAR CAME FROM 58. XXXI. THE WOMAN IN THE MOON 59. XXXII. THE SEVEN STARS OF PLEIADES 60. XXXIII. THE CHIPMUNK’S BLACK STRIPES 61. XXXIV. THE ECHO GOD AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS 62. XXXV. LEGEND OF MACKINAW ISLAND 63. XXXVI. HOW THE WATER LILY CAME 64. XXXVII. THE NORTH WIND’S DEFEAT 65. XXXVIII. A RIP VAN WINKLE 66. XXXIX. LEGEND OF THE WAMPUM-BIRD AND THE BOY 67. XL. THE MAGIC MOCCASINS 68. XLI. OPECHEE THE ROBIN REDBREAST 69. XLII. THE INDIAN WHO MARRIED THE MOON 70. STORIES RECENTLY TOLD OF MENABOZHO, AND OTHER HEROES 71. INTRODUCTORY—THE INDIANS’ PRESENT CONDITION 72. I. MENABOZHO AND HIS THREE BROTHERS 73. II. STORY OF THE DELUGE 74. III. MENABOZHO CAUGHT 75. IV. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS RING AND HIS RUFFLE 76. V. HOW THE WOODCHUCK HELPED MENABOZHO 77. VI. MENABOZHO SWALLOWED BY A LARGE FISH 78. VII. THE THUNDER-BIRD OF THE DAKOTAS 79. How he united the Five Nations 80. IX. WAMPUM OR INDIAN MONEY 81. X. LEGEND OF THE ARBUTUS 82. XI. THE ONE WHO LOVED HIM MOST 83. XII. THE MARTEN AND THE WHITE RABBIT 84. XIII. HOW LIGHT, FIRE, AND WATER FIRST CAME TO THE WORLD 85. XIV. HOW THE COPPER MOUNTAIN CAME TO FALL 86. XV. THE SUN AND THE MOON 87. XVI. CUSTER’S HEART 88. WORD LIST 89. GLOSSARY 90. OF WORDS NOT FOUND IN THE GLOSSARY

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