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Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

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STORIES

THE IROQUOIS
TELL THEIR
CHILDREN

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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

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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

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