Indian Why Stories

Indian Why Stories

Frank Bird Linderman, writer, politician, Native American ally and ethnographer (1869-1938)


This ebook presents «Indian Why Stories», from Frank Bird Linderman. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- INTRODUCTION

-05- WHY THE CHIPMUNK'S BACK IS STRIPED

-06- HOW THE DUCKS GOT THEIR FINE FEATHERS

-07- WHY THE KINGFISHER ALWAYS WEARS A WAR-BONNET

-08- WHY THE CURLEW'S BILL IS LONG AND CROOKED

-09- OLD MAN REMAKES THE WORLD

-10- WHY BLACKFEET NEVER KILL MICE

-11- HOW THE OTTER SKIN BECAME GREAT MEDICINE

-12- OLD MAN STEALS THE SUN'S LEGGINGS

-13- OLD MAN AND HIS CONSCIENCE

-14- OLD MAN'S TREACHERY

-15- WHY THE NIGHT HAWK'S WINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL

-16- WHY THE MOUNTAIN LION IS LONG AND LEAN

-17- THE FIRE LEGGINGS

-18- THE MOON AND THE GREAT SNAKE

-19- WHY THE DEER HAS NO GALL

-20- WHY THE INDIANS WHIP THE BUFFALO BERRIES FROM THE BUSHES

-21- OLD MAN AND THE FOX

-22- WHY THE BIRCH TREE WEARS THE SLASHES IN ITS BARK

-23- MISTAKES OF OLD MAN

-24- HOW THE MAN FOUND HIS MATE

-25- DREAMS

-26- RETROSPECTION