Wigwam stories told by North American Indians - Unknown

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

PREFACE

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.