Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales

About this eBook

Author

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

Title

Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Pawnee Indians -- Folklore

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36923

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36923

Release Date

July 31, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PAWNEE Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
2. 2.NOTE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE PAWNEES AND THEIR STORIES.
5. 5.Hero Stories. — COMANCHE CHIEF. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — LONE CHIEF. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — THE PRISONERS OF COURT HOUSE ROCK. — WOLVES IN THE NIGHT. — A LEADER OF SOLDIERS. — A CHEYENNE BLANKET. — LITTLE WARRIOR’S COUNSEL. — A COMANCHE BUNDLE.
6. 6.Folk-Tales. — THE DUN HORSE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — A STORY OF FAITH. — THE BEAR MAN. — THE GHOST WIFE. — TI-KE-WA-KUSH. — PA-HU-KA´-TAWA. — THE BOY WHO WAS SACRIFICED. — THE SNAKE BROTHER. — O´RE-KA-RAHR. — THE GHOST BRIDE. — THE BOY WHO SAW A-TI´-US. — HOW THE DEER LOST HIS GALL. — YELLOW FOX.
7. 7.Notes on the Pawnees. — NOTE. — THE PAWNEES. — I. RELATIONSHIPS. — II. ORIGIN AND MIGRATIONS. — III. THE SKIDI. — IV. NAME AND EMBLEM. — PAWNEE CUSTOMS. — I. EARLY DAYS. — II. EVERY-DAY LIFE. — III. A SUMMER HUNT. — THE PAWNEE IN WAR. — I. ENEMIES AND METHODS OF WARFARE. — II. PA´-NI LE-SHAR AND HIS SCOUTS. — III. WAR PARTIES. — RELIGION. — I. BELIEFS. — II. CEREMONIES. — III. MEDICINE AND MYSTERY. — LATER HISTORY. — I. REMOVAL TO THE INDIAN TERRITORY. — II. PRESENT CONDITION AND PROGRESS.
8. 8.INDEX.

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