The Project Gutenberg E-text of Indian Why Stories
by Frank Bird Linderman
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About this eBook
- Author
- Linderman, Frank Bird, 1869-1938
- Title
- Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
- Credits
- Produced by Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Indian mythology -- Montana
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 606
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/606
- Release Date
- July 1, 1996
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INDIAN WHY STORIES — SPARKS FROM WAR EAGLE'S LODGE-FIRE
- 2.FRANK B. LINDERMAN — [CO SKEE SEE CO COT] — I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK TO MY FRIEND CHARLES M. RUSSELL THE COWBOY ARTIST GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL THE INDIAN'S FRIEND AND TO ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED OLD MONTANA FOR I HOLD THEM ALL AS KIN WHO HAVE BUILDED FIRES WHERE NATURE WEARS NO MAKE-UP ON HER SKIN — PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — 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 THE DEER HAS NO GALL — WHY THE INDIANS WHIP THE BUFFALO-BERRIES FROM THE BUSHES — OLD-MAN AND THE FOX — WHY THE BIRCH-TREE WEARS THE SLASHES IN ITS BARK — MISTAKES OF OLD-MAN — HOW THE MAN FOUND HIS MATE — DREAMS — RETROSPECTION
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