Wigwam stories told by North American Indians
Copyright, 1901 by Ginn & Company
Se-quoyah, the Indian Scholar
Original Painting by Angel de Cora (Hinook-mahiwi-kilinaka)
COMPILED BY MARY CATHERINE JUDD WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANGEL de CORA (HINOOK MAHIWI KILINAKA)
BOSTON U S A GINN & COMPANY ATHENÆUM PRESS 1904
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
Copyright, 1901 By MARY CATHERINE JUDD
These stories, told by and about the Indians, have been gathered from various sources. They show, among other interesting facts, that the love of the beautiful, and also of the humorous, dwells in the heart of the wild Indian.
There are no adaptations from Longfellow’s poem of Hiawatha , but the compiler has gone directly to the works of Schoolcraft, whose writings were Longfellow’s inspiration. Schoolcraft’s Journal states his belief that Menabozho and Hiawatha were one and the same person, the latter name being preferred as more musical. Hence, Longfellow chose it as the name of his Indian hero.
Horatio Hale and other authorities on Iroquois history differ strongly from Schoolcraft on this point, and maintain that the name of Hiawatha, or Heyanwatha, refers only to an Iroquois statesman or deity.
The later stories herein told, that were gathered from the Chippewas in 1895, 1896, and 1900, prove their unchanging love for the tales of this imaginary hero.
Attention is called to the very interesting pictures on pages 17, 43, 53, 55, 89, 100, 173, and 188, which are from photographs taken by George Wharton James, of Pasadena, Cal., the noted authority upon Indian life and basketry. The copyrighted pictures on pages 43 and 55 are used in this book with his special permission.
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SOME THINGS THE INDIANS KNEW BEFORE WHITE MEN CAME
HOW THE IROQUOIS BUILT THEIR LOG FORTS
INDIAN RECORDS
WAMPUM MONEY
INDIAN TRAITS
THE INDIAN’S EYE TRAINING
MEDICINE MEN AMONG THE INDIANS
THE INDIAN AT HOME
MEANING OF INDIAN TOTEMS AND NAMES
THE INDIAN NAMES FOR THE MONTHS OR MOONS
CUSTOMS OF KICKAPOO, SEMINOLE, AND OTHER TRIBES
THE INDIANS WHO LIVE IN BRICK HOUSES
THE MOKI INDIANS
DAKOTA OR SIOUX
INDIAN GAMES
SIOUX AND CHIPPEWAS OF MINNESOTA
CHIEF LOGAN AND OTHERS
A NAVAJO MEDICINE CHANT
HOW THE CAVE PEOPLE FOUND DRY LAND ON THE EARTH
INTRODUCTORY—INDIAN STORIES
I. IAGOO, THE GREAT STORY-TELLER
II. HOW CLAY DISHES WERE FIRST MADE
III. LEAPING ROCK IN THE PIPESTONE VALLEY
IV. THE FACE OF THE GREAT MANITOU IN THE ROCK
V. HOW TWO SQUAWS SAVED THEIR BAND
VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE CRANE TRIBE OF THE OJIBWAY OR CHIPPEWA INDIANS
VII. STORY OF THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN
VIII. GIANTS AND FAIRIES
IX. WEENK THE SLEEP-BRINGER AND HIS WARRIORS
X. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE SENECAS
XI. THE HUNTER WHO COULD FLY
XII. HOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL
XIII. THE BLUE HERON AND THE WOLF
XIV. THE LITTLE WOLF BROTHER
XV. THE GOOD BEAR AND THE LOST BOY
XVI. LEGEND OF NIAGARA FALLS
XVII. HOW THE INDIANS CAME TO KNOW MEDICINE PLANTS
XVIII. MONDAHMIN, WHO GAVE THE CORN
XIX. THE MARRIAGE OF MONDAHMIN
XX. THE PRAIRIE DANDELION
XXII. AN INDIAN TEMPERANCE SPEECH
XXIII. THE GIRL WHO BECAME A PINE TREE
XXIV. THE WHITE STONE CANOE
XXV. THE GREAT BEAR IN THE SKY
XXVI. THE NORTH STAR
XXVII. THE STAR THAT NEVER MOVES
XXVIII. TRAPPING IN THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
XXIX. THE OLD MAN IN THE SKY
XXX. WHERE THE MORNING STAR CAME FROM
XXXI. THE WOMAN IN THE MOON
XXXII. THE SEVEN STARS OF PLEIADES
XXXIII. THE CHIPMUNK’S BLACK STRIPES
XXXIV. THE ECHO GOD AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
XXXV. LEGEND OF MACKINAW ISLAND
XXXVI. HOW THE WATER LILY CAME
XXXVII. THE NORTH WIND’S DEFEAT
XXXVIII. A RIP VAN WINKLE
XXXIX. LEGEND OF THE WAMPUM-BIRD AND THE BOY
XL. THE MAGIC MOCCASINS
XLI. OPECHEE THE ROBIN REDBREAST
XLII. THE INDIAN WHO MARRIED THE MOON
INTRODUCTORY—THE INDIANS’ PRESENT CONDITION
I. MENABOZHO AND HIS THREE BROTHERS
II. STORY OF THE DELUGE
III. MENABOZHO CAUGHT
IV. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS RING AND HIS RUFFLE
V. HOW THE WOODCHUCK HELPED MENABOZHO
VI. MENABOZHO SWALLOWED BY A LARGE FISH
VII. THE THUNDER-BIRD OF THE DAKOTAS
IX. WAMPUM OR INDIAN MONEY
X. LEGEND OF THE ARBUTUS
XI. THE ONE WHO LOVED HIM MOST
XII. THE MARTEN AND THE WHITE RABBIT
XIII. HOW LIGHT, FIRE, AND WATER FIRST CAME TO THE WORLD
XIV. HOW THE COPPER MOUNTAIN CAME TO FALL
XV. THE SUN AND THE MOON
XVI. CUSTER’S HEART
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