Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire

00:00:00 - - 00 - Dedication, Preface, Introduction, Contents
00:08:36 - - 01 - Why the chipmunk's back is striped
00:22:08 - - 02 - How the ducks got their fine feathers
00:29:00 - - 03 - Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet
00:36:03 - - 04 - Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked
00:42:47 - - 05 - Old-man remarks the world
00:57:35 - - 06 - Why Blackfeet never kill mice
01:04:51 - - 07 - How the otter skin became great "medicine"
01:19:11 - - 08 - Old-man steals the sun's leggings
01:30:41 - - 09 - Old-man and his conscience
01:40:51 - - 10 - Old-man's treachery
01:49:18 - - 11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful
01:56:15 - - 12 - Why the mountain-lion is long and lean
02:09:44 - - 13 - The fire-leggings
02:15:23 - - 14 - The moon and the great snake
02:20:03 - - 15 - Why the deer has no gall
02:25:53 - - 16 - Why indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes
02:32:28 - - 17 - Old-man and the fox
02:44:01 - - 18 - Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark
02:49:55 - - 19 - Mistakes of old-man
02:53:14 - - 20 - How the man found his mate
03:00:04 - - 21 - Dreams
03:09:35 - - 22 - Retrospection

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Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire-
Author : Frank Bird LINDERMAN (1869 - 1938)
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." (Summary by Dover Children's Classics)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Nature & Animal Fiction

Language: English

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