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CONTENTS

 

PAGE

NOTE

ix

INDIANS AND THEIR STORIES

xi


STORIES OF ADVENTURE

 

THE PEACE WITH THE SNAKES

3

THE LOST WOMAN

13

ADVENTURES OF BULL TURNS ROUND

24

KŬT-O'-YIS

29

THE BAD WIFE

39

THE LOST CHILDREN

50

MIK-A´PI—RED OLD MAN

61

HEAVY COLLAR AND THE GHOST WOMAN

70

THE WOLF-MAN

78

THE FAST RUNNERS

81

TWO WAR TRAILS

82


STORIES OF ANCIENT TIMES

 

SCARFACE

93

ORIGIN OF THE I-KUN-UH´-KAH-TSI

104

ORIGIN OF THE MEDICINE PIPE

113

THE BEAVER MEDICINE

117

THE BUFFALO ROCK

125

ORIGIN OF THE WORM PIPE

127

THE GHOSTS’ BUFFALO

132


STORIES OF OLD MAN

 

THE BLACKFOOT GENESIS

137

THE DOG AND THE STICK

145

THE BEARS

149

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THE WONDERFUL BIRD

153

THE RACE

155

THE BAD WEAPONS

157

THE ELK

158

OLD MAN DOCTORS

159

THE ROCK

165

THE THEFT FROM THE SUN

167

THE FOX

169

OLD MAN AND THE LYNX

171


THE STORY OF THE THREE TRIBES.

 

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

177

DAILY LIFE AND CUSTOMS

181

HOW THE BLACKFOOT LIVED

196

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

208

HUNTING

226

THE BLACKFOOT IN WAR

242

RELIGION

256

MEDICINE PIPES AND HEALING

276

THE BLACKFOOT OF TO-DAY

287


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