Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
The stories of this book have been chosen for the purpose of showing how the early Red Men accounted for the phenomena of nature--the presence of the birds, the moaning of the wind, the whispering of the leaves. The nature myths of the North American Indian are full of poetry,...
The stories of this book have been chosen for the purpose of showing how the early Red Men accounted for the phenomena of nature--the presence of the birds, the moaning of the w...
2. Part 2One morning the wind was cold, and the leaves had to dance fast to keep warm. Then the old tree said, “It is the breath of Po-poon-o-ki. He lives in the ice lodge of the far Nor...
3. Part 3While the boy was out hunting, his sister busied herself about their lodge, but she looked often toward the east, for she loved the clouds and the sky and the morning sun. She w...
4. Part 4When an enemy came to attack them, this warrior was always the first to resist. His arm was strong, and his arrows went true and straight to the mark. He had gone alone on many...
5. Part 5Brother Bear felt terribly at losing his tail, it had been such a beautiful, long one! But at last he comforted himself by thinking, “Well, at any rate, I have a wonderful feast...