Indian why stories /
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| Author / Creator: | Linderman, Frank Bird, 1869-1938. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Dover, 1995. |
| Description: | x, 85 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1742443 |
Table of Contents:
- Why the Chipmunk's Back Is Striped
- How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers
- Why the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet
- Why the Curlew's Bill Is Long and Crooked
- Old-man Remakes the World
- Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice
- "How the Otter Skin Became Great "Medicine"
- Old-man Steals the Sun's Leggings
- Old-man and His Conscience
- Old-man's Treachery
- Why the Night-hawk's Wings Are Beautiful
- Why the Mountain-lion Is Long and Lean
- The Fire-Leggings
- The Moon and the Great Snake
- Why th Deer Has No Gall
- Why the Indians Whip the Buffalo-Berries from the Bushes
- Old-man and the Fox
- Why th Birch-Tree Wears the Slashes in Its Bark
- Mistakes of Old-man
- How the Man Found His Mate
- Dreams
- Retrospection