The Red Indian Fairy Book
by Frances Jenkins Olcott
Description: A choice collection of Native American myths and legends carefully selected from many sources. Most are nature stories telling about birds, beasts, flowers, and rocks of our American meadows, prairies, and forests. The tales are arranged according to the seasons with several stories offered for each month of the year. There are some for early spring, when the maple sap mounts, and the arbutus blooms under the snow; for later spring, when the birds nest, and the wild flowers blow; for summer, with its heat, storms, fishing, and canoeing; for autumn with its corn, nuts, and harvest feast; for winter, with its ice, snow, and adventures. A comprehensive subject index for use by teachers and storytellers is included.
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Table of Contents
1. The Spring Beauty
2. Little Dawn Boy and the Rainbow Trail
3. The Meadow Dandelion
4. Little Burnt-Face
5. The Elves
6. Woodpecker Gray
7. The Kind Hawk
8. The Boy Who Became a Robin
9. Legend of the Violet
10. The Star and the Water Lilies
11. Why Wild Roses Have Thorns
12. How the Fairies Came
13. The Summer Fairies
14. Leelinau the Fairy Girl
15. The Sky Elk
16. Legend of the Morning Star
17. The Firebird
18. Young-Boy-Chief
19. The Star Bride
20. Scar-Face
21. Ahneah the Rose Flower
22. Legend of Niagara and the Great Lakes
23. How the Hunter Became a Partridge
24. How Partridge Built the Birds' Canoes
25. The Noisy Chipmunk
26. The Wind-Blower
27. The Silver Brooches
28. How Indian Corn Came into the World
29. The Spirit of the Corn
30. The Little Corn-Bringer
31. The Nuts of Jonisgyont
32. Little Owl Boy
33. The Chestnut Kettle
34. The Ugly Wild Boy
35. Pitcher the Witch and the Black Cats
36. Coyote the Hungry
37. Coyote the Proud
38. The Magic Windpipe
39. The Birds' Ball-Game
40. Why the Turkey Gobbles
41. The Land of the Northern Lights
42. The Poor Turkey Girl
43. The Mud Pony
44. The Wishes
45. The Mikumwess
46. The First Pine Trees
47. The Hidden Waters
48. Jowiis and the Eagles
49. Shingebiss
50. The Boy in the Jug
51. The Brother and Sister
52. The Snow Man
53. The Rolling Rock
54. The Boy in the Moon
55. The Discontented Rock
56. The Singing Maidens
57. The Star Maiden
58. How Maple-Sugar Came
59. Mishosha or the Enchanted Sugar-Maple
60. How Master Rabbit Went Fishing
61. The Woodpecker Girls
62. Bad Wild Cat
63. How the Four Winds Were Named
64. Legend of the Trailing Arbutus
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