AN INDIAN STORY OF THE ROBIN.
HEN an Indian boy was eleven years old, he was sent into a forest far away from his home.
He had to stay there all alone and fast for seven days and nights.
The Indians thought that at this time a spirit came into the youth which helped him to become a great chief and warrior.
The spirit also told the boy what his name should be in the tribe.
Once there was a fierce Indian war chief who had only one son.
The little boy was not strong, but his father loved him more than anything else on earth.
When this boy was eleven years old, the chief went out into the forest and built a small lodge for him to stay in.
In it he placed a mat of reeds which his good squaw had woven with great care.