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Wigwam stories

Wigwam stories

by Mary Catherine Judd

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Compiler
Judd, Mary Catherine, 1852-1937
Title
Wigwam stories told by North American Indians
Original Publication
Boston: Ginn & Company Atheneaum Press, 1901, pubdate 1904.
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America -- Folklore
Category
Text
eBook-No.
73136
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73136
Release Date
March 10, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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