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قراءة كتاب Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
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STORIES
THE IROQUOIS
TELL THEIR
CHILDREN
MABEL POWERS
(YEH SEN NOH WEHS)
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO
Copyright, 1917, by
Mabel Powers.
All rights reserved.
W. P. 9
To all the Children who ask
How and Why,
especially those Red Children
who see with wonder eyes,
and those Paleface Children
who yet believe in fairies,
these stories are lovingly dedicated
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Acknowledgment | 8 |
| Foreword by the Chiefs | 9 |
| INTRODUCTORY | |
|---|---|
| How the Stories came to Be | 11 |
| Why I was called the Story-teller | 13 |
| The Little People | 18 |
| Story-telling Time | 23 |
| How the Iroquois give Thanks | 27 |
| A Firemaker and a Peacemaker | 34 |
| IROQUOIS WONDER STORIES | |
| How the White Man came | 45 |
| Why the Eagle defends Americans | 49 |
| How the Turkey Buzzard Got His Suit | 60 |
| Why the Partridge drums | 66 |
| How the Indians learned to Heal | 69 |
| Why Dogs chase Foxes | 75 |
| Why Hermit Thrush is so Shy | 79 |
| How Good and Evil came to Be | 85 |
| How a Boy was Cured of Boasting | 90 |
| Why the Cuckoo is so Lazy | 95 |
| How the Coon outwitted the Fox | 99 |
| Why the Goldfinches look like the Sun | 103 |
| What the Ash and the Maple Learned | 107 |
| How the Woman overcame the Bear | 112 |
| Why the Woodpecker bores for its Food | 115 |
| Why the Ice Roof Fell | 119 |
| Why the Chipmunk has Black | |