Indians have the gentle custom of adopting very dear friends by relationship terms. By such adoption Buffalo-Bird Woman is my mother. It is with real pleasure that I offer to young readers these stories from the life of my Indian mother.
G. L. W.
CONTENTS
Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
I | [A Little Indian Girl] | 7 |
II | [Winter Camp] | 15 |
III | [The Buffalo-skin Cap] | 21 |
IV | [Story Telling] | 29 |
V | [Life in an Earth Lodge] | 44 |
VI | [Childhood Games] | 54 |
VII | [Kinship, Clan Cousins] | 66 |
VIII | [Indian Dogs] | 73 |
IX | [Training a Dog] | 81 |
X | [Learning to Work] | 90 |
XI | [Picking June Berries] | 99 |
XII | [The Corn Husking] | 109 |
XIII | [Marriage] | 117 |
XIV | [A Buffalo Hunt] | 127 |
XV | [The Hunting Camp] | 138 |
XVI | [Homeward Bound] | 149 |
XVII | [An Indian Papoose] | 156 |
XVIII | [The Voyage Home] | 165 |
| [Glossary of Indian Words] | 177 | |
| [Explanatory Notes] | 178 | |
| Supplement:— | ||
| [How to Make an Indian Camp] | 183 | |
| [Hints to Young Campers] | 187 | |
| [Indian Cooking] | 188 | |
| [Editor’s Note] | 189 | |
WAHEENEE
FIRST CHAPTER