Myths and Legends of the Sioux
Bismark, ND: Bismark Tribune Company, 1916. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with black title lettering and illustration. 200 pages : illustrations. VG Cover has general wear. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning and foxing. Writing from previous owner on front end page. Interior binding has soe damage. Item #185311
Contents: The forgotten ear of corn -- The little mice -- The pet rabbit -- The pet donkey -- The rabbit and the elk -- The rabbit and the grouse girls -- The faithful lovers -- The artichoke and the muskrat -- The rabbit, and the bear with the flint body -- Story of the lost wife -- The raccoon and the crawfish -- Legend of Standing Rock -- Story of the peace pipe -- A bashful courtship -- The simpleton's wisdom -- Little Brave and the Medicine Woman -- The bound children -- The signs of corn -- Story of the rabbits -- How the rabbit lost his tail -- Unktomi and the arrowheads -- The bear and the rabbit hunt buffalo -- The brave who went on the warpath alone and won the name of the Lone Warrior -- The Sioux who marries the Crow chief''s daughter -- The boy and the turtles -- The hermit, or the gift of corn -- The mysterious butte -- The wonderful turtle -- The man and the oak -- Story of the two young friends -- The story of the pet crow -- The "Wasna" (Pemmican Man) and the Unktomi (Spider) -- The resuscitation of the only daughter -- The story of the pet crane -- White Plume -- Story of Pretty Feathered Forehead -- The four brothers or Inyanhoksila (Stone Boy) -- The Unktomi (Spider), two widows and the red plums.
OCLC: 5690597
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