Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

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MABEL POWERS (YEH SEN NOH WEHS)

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

FOREWORD

HOW THE STORIES CAME TO BE

WHY I WAS CALLED THE STORY-TELLER

THE LITTLE PEOPLE

STORY-TELLING TIME

HOW THE IROQUOIS GIVE THANKS

A FIREMAKER AND A PEACEMAKER

IROQUOIS WONDER STORIES

HOW THE WHITE MAN CAME

WHY THE EAGLE DEFENDS AMERICANS

HOW THE TURKEY BUZZARD GOT HIS SUIT

WHY THE PARTRIDGE DRUMS

HOW THE INDIANS LEARNED TO HEAL

WHY DOGS CHASE FOXES

WHY HERMIT THRUSH IS SO SHY

HOW GOOD AND EVIL CAME TO BE

HOW A BOY WAS CURED OF BOASTING

WHY THE CUCKOO IS SO LAZY

HOW THE COON OUTWITTED THE FOX

WHY THE GOLDFINCHES LOOK LIKE THE SUN

WHAT THE ASH AND THE MAPLE LEARNED

HOW THE WOMAN OVERCAME THE BEAR

WHY THE WOODPECKER BORES FOR ITS FOOD

WHY THE ICE ROOF FELL

WHY THE CHIPMUNK HAS BLACK STRIPES

HOW TWO INDIAN BOYS SETTLED A QUARREL

HOW MICE OVERCAME THE WARRIORS

WHY CROWS ARE POOR

WHY THE INDIAN LOVES HIS DOG

GREEDY FAWN AND THE PORRIDGE

WHY HOUNDS OUTRUN OTHER ANIMALS

WHY INDIANS NEVER SHOOT PIGEONS

HOW OLD MAN WINTER WAS DRIVEN BACK

WHY LIGHTNING SOMETIMES STRIKES

WHY THE HARE HAS A SPLIT LIP AND SHORT TAIL

CORN PLUME AND BEAN MAIDEN

HOW THE ROBIN BURNED HIS BREAST

IROQUOIS FAIRY STORIES

HOW MORNING STAR LOST HER FISH

HOW LITTLE SHOOTER LOST HIS LUCK

HOW AN INDIAN BOY WON HIS NAME

HOW THE FAIRIES WORKED MAGIC





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STORIES

THE IROQUOIS
TELL THEIR
CHILDREN

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