To the American Indian

by Lucy Thompson

CHE-NA-WAH WEITCH-AH-WAH.
In Her Wedding Dress

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To Milton J. Thompson
My beloved husband, with whom all of my married life
has been so pleasantly spent, I dedicate this book.
Mrs. Lucy Thompson,
Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah.

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CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
[I.]	General History; Bill McGarvey’s Store	11
[II.]	Creation of the World	55
[III.]	The Wandering Tribe	59
[IV.]	Traditions of the Ancient White People	64
[V.]	Time and Names	69
[VI.]	Death and the Spirit Land	72
[VII.]	Through the Pearly Gates of Heaven	83
[VIII.]	Burial Customs	93
[IX.]	The Indian Devil	97
[X.]	The White Deer-Skin Dance	101
[XI.]	The Lodge Dance	111
[XII.]	Our Christ	120
[XIII.]	The Sampson of the Klamath Indians	124
[XIV.]	The Deluge of the Klamath Indians	127
[XV.]	The High Priests	133
[XVI.]	Laws of the Fish Dam	135
[XVII.]	The Ancient Houses	138
[XVIII.]	Wars of the Klamath Indians	142
[XIX.]	The Marriage Laws	145
[XX.]	The Two Famous Athletes	153
[XXI.]	Pec-wan Colonel	162
[XXII.]	A Narrative of the Humboldt Indians	165
[XXIII.]	Romance of a Wild Indian	168
[XXIV.]	The Prophet that Failed	173
[XXV.]	Teachings of the Klamath Indians on Child-Birth	176
[XXVI.]	The Wild Indian of Pec-wan	178
[XXVII.]	How the Rich Tried to be a Talth	181
[XXVIII.]	The Slaves	183
[XXIX.]	The Wild Indian of Mo-reck	185
[XXX.]	How a Cor-tep Girl had her Wish Granted	188
[XXXI.]	Our Tobacco	190
[XXXII.]	Our Mermaids	192
[XXXIII.]	Fairy Tales	193

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