Algonquin Indian Tales
CHIEF BIG CANOE'S LETTER.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
CHAPTER I. The Children Carried Off by the
Indians—The Feast in the Wigwam—Souwanas, the
Story-teller—Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth—How the Wolves Stole His
Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred—Why the Raccoon has
Rings on His Tail.
CHAPTER II. The Children's Return—Indignation of
Mary, the Indian Nurse—Her Pathetic History—Her Love for the
Children—The Story of Wakonda, and of the Origin of Mosquitoes.
CHAPTER III. More about Mary and the
Children—Minnehaha Stung by the Bees—How the Bees Got Their
Stings—What Happened to the Bears that Tried to Steal the Honey.
CHAPTER IV. The Love Story of Wakontas—His Test of
the Two Maidens—His Choice—The Transformation of Misticoosis.
CHAPTER V. The Startling Placard—What Happened to
the Little Runaways—The Rescue—Mary Tells Them the Legend of the
Swallows—How Some Cruel Men were Punished who Teased an Orphan Boy.
CHAPTER VI. Souwanas Tells of the Origin and Queer
Doings of Nanahboozhoo—How He Lost His Brother Nahpootee, the
Wolf—Why the Kingfisher Wears a White Collar.
CHAPTER VII. The Legend of the Bad Boy—How He was
Carried Away by Annungitee, and How He was Rescued by His Mother.
CHAPTER VIII. Happy Christmas Holidays—Indians
Made Glad with Presents—Souwanas Tells How Nanahboozhoo Stole the Fire
from the Old Magician and Gave It to the Indians.
CHAPTER IX. Kinnesasis—How the Coyote Obtained
the Fire from the Interior of the Earth.
CHAPTER X. The Christmas Packet—The Distribution
of Gifts—A Visit by Dog Train, at Fifty-five Below Zero—Souwanas
Tells How the Indians first Learned to Make Maple Sugar.
CHAPTER XI. Mary Relates the Legend of the Origin
of Disease—The Queer Councils Held by the Animals Against Their Common
Enemy, Man.
CHAPTER XII. The Naming of the Baby—A Canoe
Trip—The Legend of the Discovery of Medicine—How the Chipmunk Carried
the Good News.
CHAPTER XIII. In the Wigwam of Souwanas—How Gray
Wolf Persecuted Waubenoo, and How He was Punished by Nanahboozhoo.
CHAPTER XIV. The Pathetic Love Story of
Waubenoo—The Treachery of Gray Wolf—The Legend of the Whisky Jack.
CHAPTER XV. A Novel Race: the Wolverine and the
Rock—How the Wolverine's Legs were Shortened—A Punishment for
Conceit.
CHAPTER XVI. The Legend of the Twin Children of
the Sun—How They Rid the Earth of Some of the Great Monsters—Their
Great Battle with Nikoochis, the Giant.
CHAPTER XVII. Souwanas Tells of the Queer Way in
which Nanahboozhoo Destroyed Mooshekinnebik, the Last of the Great
Monsters.
CHAPTER XVIII. Welcome Springtime in the
Northland—How Nanahboozhoo Killed the Great White Sea Lion, the Chief
of the Magicians—The Revenge—The Flood—Escape of Nanahboozhoo and
the Animals on the Raft—The Creation of a New World.
CHAPTER XIX. Among the Briers and Wild Roses—Why
the Roses have Thorns—Why the Wild Rabbits are White in Winter.
CHAPTER XX. Passing Hunters and Their Spoils—The
Vain Woman—Why the Marten has a White Spot on His Breast.
CHAPTER XXI. Shooting Loons—Why the Loon has a
Flat Back, Red Eyes, and Such Queer Feet—Nanahboozhoo Loses His
Dinner—Origin of Lichens—Why Some Willows are Red—The Partridge.
CHAPTER XXII. Nanahboozhoo's Ride on the Back of
the Buzzard, who Lets Him Fall—A Short-lived Triumph—Why the Buzzard
has No Feathers on His Head or Neck.
CHAPTER XXIII. A Moonlight Trip on the Lake—The
Legend of the Orphan Boy—His Appeal to the Man in the Moon—How He
Conquered His Enemies.
CHAPTER XXIV. Souwanas's Love for
Souwanaquenapeke—How Nanahboozhoo Cured a Little Girl Bitten by a
Snake—How the Rattlesnake got Its Rattle—The Origin of
Tobacco—Nanahboozhoo in Trouble.
CHAPTER XXV. The Dead Moose—The Rivalry Between
the Elk and the Moose People, and Their Various Contests—The Disaster
that Befell the Latter Tribe—The Haze of the Indian Summer.
GLOSSARY.
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