Chapter IV: Part III: Stories Recently Told of Hiawatha and Other Heroes

Introductory—The Indians’ Present Condition 217
I. Menabozho and his Three Brothers 223
II. Story of the Deluge 227
III. Menabozho caught 230
IV. How the Kingfisher got his Ring and his Ruffle 235
V. How the Woodchuck helped Menabozho 237
VI. Menabozho swallowed by a Large Fish 239
VII. The Thunder-Bird of the Dakotas 241
VIII. Hiawatha the Wise 244
IX. Wampum or Indian Money 251
X. Legend of the Arbutus 253
XI. The One who loved him most 257
XII. The Marten and the White Rabbit 260
XIII. How Light, Fire, and Water first came to the World 264
XIV. How the Copper Mountain came to fall 266
XV. The Sun and Moon 268
XVI. Custer’s Heart 270

Word List 272

Glossary 273

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Se-quoyah, the Indian Scholar Frontispiece
Pueblo House with Kivas in Foreground 7
Pueblo Indians making Beads 17
Hogan of Navajo Blanket Weaver 23
Big Medicine Man 29
Alaskan Totem Poles 37
Mokis ready for a Sacred Dance 43
Three-Storied Pueblo Houses in Oraibi 49
Moki Maiden in Native Costume 53
Interior of Kiva with Sacred Altar 55
Chippewa Indian’s Summer Wigwam 65
Interior of Zuñi House 73
The Indian Story-Teller Frontispiece, Part II 78
Indian Woman making Clay Dishes 89
Alaskan Indian Women with Baskets 95
Moki Basket Weaver 100
Kiowa Papoose in its Cradle 107
Moki weaving Clay Dishes and Tools 118
Teepee Village 126
Minnehaha Falls in Summer 143
Apache Woman with her Handiwork 150
Indian Women with Papooses 163
Pueblo Indian Pottery 173
Dance of the Moki Antelope Priests 178
Pueblo Indians watching a Sacred Dance 188
Tu-me-na Siwash Girl 195
Apache Scout ready for War Dance 203
The Indian of To-day Frontispiece, Part III 216
Indian Basket Exhibit 225
Indian Picture Writing on Stone 234
Sioux Indians and Teepee 238
Pueblo Women grinding Corn 247
Adobe Houses Pueblo Children near Kiva 261