Chapter I: Front Matter

TO THE
AMERICAN INDIAN

By Mrs. Lucy Thompson
(Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah)

EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

COPYRIGHT, 1916

By Mrs. Lucy Thompson
(Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah)

In Her Wedding Dress]

To Milton J. Thompson

My beloved husband, with whom all of my married life
has been so pleasantly spent, I dedicate this book.

Mrs. Lucy Thompson,

Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I. General History; Bill McGarvey’s Store 11
II. Creation of the World 55
III. The Wandering Tribe 59
IV. Traditions of the Ancient White People 64
V. Time and Names 69
VI. Death and the Spirit Land 72
VII. Through the Pearly Gates of Heaven 83
VIII. Burial Customs 93
IX. The Indian Devil 97
X. The White Deer-Skin Dance 101
XI. The Lodge Dance 111
XII. Our Christ 120
XIII. The Sampson of the Klamath Indians 124
XIV. The Deluge of the Klamath Indians 127
XV. The High Priests 133
XVI. Laws of the Fish Dam 135
XVII. The Ancient Houses 138
XVIII. Wars of the Klamath Indians 142
XIX. The Marriage Laws 145
XX. The Two Famous Athletes 153
XXI. Pec-wan Colonel 162
XXII. A Narrative of the Humboldt Indians 165
XXIII. Romance of a Wild Indian 168
XXIV. The Prophet that Failed 173
XXV. Teachings of the Klamath Indians on Child-Birth 176
XXVI. The Wild Indian of Pec-wan 178
XXVII. How the Rich Tried to be a Talth 181
XXVIII. The Slaves 183
XXIX. The Wild Indian of Mo-reck 185
XXX. How a Cor-tep Girl had her Wish Granted 188
XXXI. Our Tobacco 190
XXXII. Our Mermaids 192
XXXIII. Fairy Tales 193