Fiction · 1915
Indian Why Stories
Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire
Indian Why Stories, first published in 1915, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 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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