Wigwam stories told by North American Indians

PAGE Books in the Indian Language 3 Some Things the Indians knew before White Men came 6 How the Iroquois built their Log Forts 10 Indian Records 12 Wampum Money 15 Indian Trait...

Introductory—Indian Stories 79 I. Iagoo, the Great Story-Teller 81 II. How Clay Dishes were first made 88 III. Leaping Rock in the Pipestone Valley 91 IV. The Face of the Great...

Introductory—The Indians’ Present Condition 217 I. Menabozho and his Three Brothers 223 II. Story of the Deluge 227 III. Menabozho caught 230 IV. How the Kingfisher got his Ring...

The Indians had no printed languages with letters before the white man came; their painted or carved picture-writing meant much to them. Their teepees were covered with historie...

The Indians, when trying to speak English, often use very short sentences with easy words, just as foreigners do. They will repeat a statement in different ways, so that their l...

He reached his village; his tribe saw him and thought a spirit had come. They called a great council, and the hunter told his story; then he burned his wings. No other Indian wa...

Now they are prevented by law from fishing or hunting outside the boundaries of their various reservations, to which they were sent by the government for different reasons. For...