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

PAGE 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