The Trail Book

About this eBook

Author

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934

Credits

Produced by Eric Eldred, Debra Storr, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Nature stories, American

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9913

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9913

Release Date

February 1, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1."'Arr-rr-ump!' I said" — THE TRAIL BOOK — BY — MARY AUSTIN
2. 2.WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER — 1918 — TO MARY, MY NIECE — IN THE HOPE THAT SHE MAY FIND THROUGH THE TRAILS OF HER OWN COUNTRY THE ROAD TO WONDERLAND CONTENTS — I HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL — II WHAT THE BUFFALO CHIEF TOLD — III HOW THE MASTODON HAPPENED FIRST TO BELONG TO A MAN, AS TOLD BY ARRUMPA — IV THE SECOND PART OF THE MASTODON STORY, CONCERNING THE TRAIL TO THE SEA AND THE TALKING STICK OF TAKU-WAKIN — V HOW HOWKAWANDA AND FRIEND-AT-THE-BACK FOUND THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO COUNTRY; TOLD BY THE COYOTE — VI DORCAS JANE HEARS HOW THE CORN CAME TO THE VALLEY OF THE MISSI-SIPPU; TOLD BY THE CORN WOMAN — VII A TELLING OF THE SALT TRAIL, OF TSE-TSE-YOTE AND THE DELIGHT-MAKERS; TOLD BY MOKE-ICHA — VIII YOUNG-MAN-WHO-NEVER-TURNS-BACK: A TELLING OF THE TALLEGEWI, BY ONE OF THEM — IX HOW THE LENNI-LENAPE CAME FROM SHINAKI AND THE TALLEGEWI FOUGHT THEM: THE SECOND PART OF THE MOUND-BUILDER'S STORY — X THE MAKING OF A SHAMAN: A TELLING OF THE IROQUOIS TRAIL, BY THE ONONDAGA — XI THE PEARLS OF COFACHIQUE: HOW LUCAS DE AYLLON CAME TO LOOK FOR THEM AND WHAT THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING DID TO HIM; TOLD BY THE PELICAN. — XII HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME TO TUSCALOOSA: A TELLING OF THE TRIBUTE ROAD BY THE LADY OF COFACHIQUE. — XIII HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME LOOKING FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA; TOLD BY THE ROAD-RUNNER. — XIV HOW THE MAN OF TWO HEARTS KEPT THE SECRET OF THE HOLY PLACES; TOLD BY THE CONDOR. — XV HOW THE MEDICINE OF THE ARROWS WAS BROKEN AT REPUBLICAN RIVER; TOLD BY THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE DOG SOLDIERS — APPENDIX — GLOSSARY
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE TRAIL BOOK
4. 4.HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL
5. 5.WHAT THE BUFFALO CHIEF TOLD
6. 6.HOW THE MASTODON HAPPENED FIRST TO BELONG TO A MAN, AS TOLD BY ARRUMPA
7. 7.THE SECOND PART OF THE MASTODON STORY CONCERNING THE TRAIL TO THE SEA AND THE TALKING STICK OF TAKU-WAKIN
8. 8.HOW HOWKAWANDA AND FRIEND-AT-THE-BACK FOUND THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TOLD BY THE COYOTE — "Shot downward to the ledge where Howkawanda and Younger Brother hugged themselves"
9. 9.DORCAS JANE HEARS HOW THE CORN CAME TO THE VALLEY OF THE MISSI-SIPPU; TOLD BY THE CORN WOMAN — SIGN OF THE SUN AND THE FOUR QUARTERS
10. 10.A TELLING OF THE SALT TRAIL, OF TSE-TSE-YOTE AND THE DELIGHT-MAKERS; TOLD BY MOKE-ICHA — Tse-tse-yote and Moke-icha
11. 11.YOUNG-MAN-WHO-NEVER-TURNS-BACK: A TELLING OF THE TALLEGEWI, BY ONE OF THEM
12. 12.HOW THE LENNI-LENAPE CAME FROM SHINAKI AND THE TALLEGEWI FOUGHT THEM: THE SECOND PART OF THE MOUND-BUILDER'S STORY — Well-Praised, war-chief of the Eagle Clan to the Painted Turtles;--Greeting. — — Come to the Council House at Three Towns. — — On the fifth day of the Moon Halting. — — We meet as Brothers.
13. 13.THE MAKING OF A SHAMAN: A TELLING OF THE IROQUOIS TRAIL, BY THE ONONDAGA
14. 14.THE PEARLS OF COFACHIQUE: HOW LUCAS DE AYLLON CAME TO LOOK FOR THEM AND WHAT THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING DID TO HIM; TOLD BY THE PELICAN — "She could see the thoughts of a man while they were still in his heart"
15. 15.HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME TO TUSCALOOSA: A TELLING OF THE TRIBUTE ROAD BY THE LADY OF COFACHIQUE
16. 16.HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME LOOKING FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA; TOLD BY THE ROAD-RUNNER
17. 17.HOW THE MAN OF TWO HEARTS KEPT THE SECRET OF THE HOLY PLACES; TOLD BY THE CONDOR
18. 18.HOW THE MEDICINE OF THE ARROWS WAS BROKEN AT REPUBLICAN RIVER; TOLD BY THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE DOG SOLDIERS
19. 19.THE END
20. 20.APPENDIX — GLOSSARY OF INDIAN AND SPANISH NAMES — THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL — THE BUFFALO COUNTRY — TRAIL TALK — ARRUMPA'S STORY — THE COYOTE'S STORY — THE CORN WOMAN'S STORY — MOKE-ICHA'S STORY — THE ONONDAGA'S STORY — THE SNOWY EGRET'S STORY — THE PRINCESS'S STORY — THE ROAD-RUNNER'S STORY — THE CONDOR'S STORY — THE DOG SOLDIER'S STORY
21. 21.GLOSSARY OF INDIAN AND SPANISH NAMES

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