Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas

by R. J. Creswell

PART II.

SOME SIOUX STORIETTES

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Part II

CONTENTS

SOME SIOUX STORIETTES.

• [ The Dead Papoose.]—[The Maiden's Feast. ]
• [ Grand Mother Pond.]—[Oak Grove Mission. ]
• [ Anpetuzapawin.]—A Legend of St Anthony Falls.
• [ Aunt Jane—the Red Song Woman. ]
• [ Artemas—the Warrior-Preacher. ]
• [ Two Famous Missions—Lake Harriet and Prairieville. ]
• [ The Prince of Indian Preachers. ]
• [ An Indian Patriarch. ]
• [ John—the Beloved of the Sioux Nation. ]
• [ The Martyrs of Old St. Joe. ]

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THE DEAD PAPOOSE

The Indian mother, when her child dies, does not believe that swift angels bear it into the glorious sunshine of the spirit-land; but she has a beautiful dream to solace her bereavement. The cruel empty places, which everywhere meet the eye of the weeping white mother, are unknown to her, for to her tender fancy a little spirit-child fills them.