Thirty Indian legends

For the most part the legends here told are drawn from original sources. Many of the stories are printed for the first time; others have been adapted from well-known authorities. The author wishes to acknowledge in this latter connection help received from the collection, The Indian in his Wigwam. Thanks are also due to Mr. G. H. Dunn, St. Andrew's Locks, Manitoba, for the Sleep Fairies ; to Mr. C. Linklater, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, for the Adventures of Wesakchak ; to Mr. J. S. Logie, Summerland, British Columbia, for The Chief's Bride ; to the Okanagan chief, Antowyne, for the other Okanagan legends; and to a paper read before the Royal Society of Canada by Mr. G. M. Dawson, for The Old Stump.
The last story in the book, A Battle with the Sioux, although not a legend of the Indians, has been inserted as a true picture of Indian life and customs, and an interesting account of their contact with and relation to the white men.
WINNIPEG, CANADA, September 15, 1912.

In the far north there was a village where many warlike Indians lived. In one family there were ten brothers, all brave and fearless. In the spring of the year the youngest brother blackened his face and fasted for several days. Then he sent for his nine brothers and said to them:
I have fasted and dreamed, and my dreams are good. Will you come on a war journey with me?
Yes, they all said readily.
Then tell no one, not even your wives, of our plan. They agreed to meet on a certain night so that no one should see them go. One brother was named Mudjekeewis, and he was very odd. He was the first to promise that he would not tell. The next two days were spent in preparations for the journey. Mudjekeewis told his wife many times to get his moccasins for him.
And hurry. he said; do hurry.
Why do you want them? she asked. You have a good pair on.
Well, if you must know, we are going on a war journey, he answered.