CONTENTS

PAGE
The First Americans[7]
The Wild-Rice Indians[13]
Stories and Story-Tellers[17]
Welcome to a Papoose[21]
The Indian Baby and Her Cradle[25]
White Cloud's First Ride[28]
Nokomis Tells a Story[34]
The Firefly Dance[37]
Swift Elk, the Indian Boy[40]
The Naming of Swift Elk[45]
Fire and the Fire Makers[49]
The Thunderers[56]
The Little People of the Forest[58]
Black Wolf Tells a Story[62]
The Race Between the Crane and the Humming
Bird
[67]
Hunting Wild Ducks[70]
A Brave Duck[77]
Summer Sports[81]
The Ball Game[85]
The Animals and the Birds Play Ball[89]
Gathering Wild Rice[94]
The Ant and the Katydid[100]
How Wild Rice Was Discovered[102]
Moving the Dolls' Camp[106]
Finding a War Feather[114]
The Lynx and the Hare[117]
How the Animals Saved the Tribe[119]
Winter Evenings[125]
The Ground-Hog Dance[131]
The Lucky Hunter[134]
How Sickness Came[140]
How Spring Conquered Winter[144]
The Gift of Corn[149]
The Magic Canoe[154]
The Happy Hunting Grounds[158]
About the Book[160]

TWO
INDIAN CHILDREN
OF LONG AGO