PART I

SKETCHES OF VARIOUS TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

PAGE Books in the Indian Language 3 Some Things the Indians knew before White Men came 6 How the Iroquois built their Log Forts 10 Indian Records 12 Wampum Money 15 Indian Traits 20 The Indian’s Eye Training 26 Medicine Men among the Indians 28 The Indian at Home 31 Meaning of Indian Totems and Names 35 Indian Names for the Months or Moons 39 Customs of Kickapoo, Seminole, and Other Tribes 44 The Indians who live in Brick Houses 47 The Moki Indians 54 Dakota or Sioux 57 Indian Games 59 Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota 62 Chief Logan and Others 68 A Navajo Medicine Chant 70 How the Cave People found Dry Land on the Earth (Zuñi Chant) 72