Eastman, Charles A.

Wigwam Evenings. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages)

Intro -- NOTE -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- EVENINGS -- FIRST-THE BUFFALO AND THE FIELD-MOUSE -- SECOND-THE FROGS AND THE CRANE -- THIRD-THE EAGLE AND THE BEAVER -- FOURTH-THE WAR PARTY -- FIFTH-THE FALCON AND THE DUCK -- SIXTH-THE RACCOON AND THE BEE-TREE -- SEVENTH-THE BADGER AND THE BEAR -- EIGHTH-THE GOOD-LUCK TOKEN -- NINTH-UNKTOMEE AND HIS BUNDLE OF SONGS -- TENTH-UNKTOMEE AND THE ELK -- ELEVENTH-THE FESTIVAL OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE -- TWELFTH-EYA THE DEVOURER -- THIRTEENTH-THE WARS OF WA-KEE-YAN AND UNK-TAY-HEE -- FOURTEENTH- THE LITTLE BOY MAN -- FIFTEENTH-THE RETURN OF THE LITTLE BOY MAN -- SIXTEENTH-THE FIRST BATTLE -- SEVENTEENTH-THE BELOVED OF THE SUN -- EIGHTEENTH-WOOD-CHOPPER AND BERRY-PICKER -- NINETEENTH-THE SON-IN-LAW -- TWENTIETH-THE COMRADES -- TWENTY-FIRST-THE LAUGH-MAKER -- TWENTY-SECOND-THE RUNAWAYS -- TWENTY-THIRD-THE GIRL WHO MARRIED THE STAR -- TWENTY-FOURTH-NORTH WIND AND STAR BOY -- TWENTY-FIFTH-THE TEN VIRGINS -- TWENTY-SIXTH-THE MAGIC ARROWS -- TWENTY-SEVENTH-THE GHOST-WIFE -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- THE STRANGER WATCHES THE LAUGH-MAKER AND THE BEARS -- SMOKY DAY TELLING TALES OF OLD DAYS AROUND HIS FIRE -- JUST THEN A FOX CREPT UP BEHIND THE CRANE -- THE FALCON CHASES THE OLD DRAKE -- "COME DOWN, FRIENDS!" CALLED THE RACCOON -- SO THEY RAN AND THEY RAN OUT OF THE WOODS ONTO THE SHINING WHITE BEACH -- "I WOULD NOT TROUBLE YOU," SAID HE , "BUT MY LITTLE FOLKS ARE STARVING" -- "OH, THAT IS ONLY A BUNDL E OF OLD SONGS," REPLIED UNKTOMEE -- TANAGELA AND HER LITTLE BROTHER -- WITH HIS LONG SPEAR HE STABBED EACH OF THE MONSTERS -- HE CAME TO A LITTLE HUT WHERE LIVED AN OLD BEAR -- "DO NOT SHOOT A WHITE DEER WHEN YOU SEE HIM COMING TOWARD YOU" -- THEY STOOD THUS WITH THEIR BEAKS TOUCHING OVER THE STREAM -- STAR BOY ATTACKED BY HINHAN, THE OWL -- SHE TOOK UP HANDSFUL OF ASHES TO THROW INTO THEIR FACES. HE OFFERED UP THE BODY AS A SACRIFICE -- AT THE TOUCH OF HIS MAGIC ARROW, IT FELL AT HIS FEET -- HE WAS ONCE SEEN WITH SEVERAL DEER ABOUT HIM, PETTING AND HANDLING THEM.

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Dakota Indians--Folklore.


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