| Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 339. Mr. ‘05. 120w. | ||
| Nature. 71: 417. Mr. 2, ‘05. 230w. |
Dorsey, George Amos, ed. Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee. [*]$6. Pub. for the American folklore society by Houghton.
“As a faithful narrator, Mr. Dorsey translates the indecorous into Latin. The stories he divides into several groups, the ‘Cosmogonous,’ the ‘Boy heroes,’ ‘Medicin,’ ‘Animal tales’; then comes ‘People marry animals or become animals.’ Then there are many stories which are placed under the general heading of ‘Miscellaneous.’ ... The Pawnee delighted in boy heroes.... Indian maidens figure as heroines. A fairly ideal one is ‘the girl who married a star.’ ... The coyote figures in many of the traditions.... The Pawnees have also their medicine bundles. Some of these bundles are believed to have the power of inducing rain to fall.”—N. Y. Times.
Reviewed by Frederick Starr.
| + + — | Dial. 39: 166. S. 16, ‘05. 1570w. |
“The book is a very important contribution to American folk lore.”
| + + + | Nation. 80: 10. Ja. 5, ‘05. 230w. | |
| + + | Nature. 71: 417. Mr. 2, ‘05. 160w. |
“The notes at the conclusion of this volume add very much to one’s comprehension of the folk-lore of the Pawnees.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 540w. |
Doub, William Coligny. History of the United States. [*]$1. Macmillan.