From the place of the SouthThey come.From the place of the SouthThey come.The birds of war—Hear the sound of their passing screams in the air.
From the place of the SouthThey come.From the place of the SouthThey come.The birds of war—Hear the sound of their passing screams in the air.
From the place of the SouthThey come.From the place of the SouthThey come.The birds of war—Hear the sound of their passing screams in the air.
Cherokee
SOME warriors had medicine to change themselves into any animal or bird they wished.
Long ago, a warrior coming in from the hunt, found enemies attacking the wigwams of his people across the river. The men were away hunting. On the river bank, he found a mussel shell. With his medicine he changed the shell into a canoe. Thus he crossed the river, and went to his grandmother’s wigwam. She sat with her head in a blanket, waiting to be killed. At once he changed her into a small gourd, and fastened her to his belt. Then he climbed a tree and became a swamp woodcock. Thus he flew back across the river. So the warrior and his grandmother escaped.
Wyandot
NOW in early days, the Wyandots lived about the St. Lawrence River, in the mountains to the eastward. They were the first tribe of old. They had the first chieftainship. The chief said to his nephews, the Lenapées,
“Go down to the seacoast and look. If you see anything, come and tell me.”
Now the Lenapées had a village by the sea. They often looked out, but they saw nothing. One day something came. When it came near the land, it stopped. Then the people were afraid. They ran into the woods. The next day two Indians went quietly to look. It was lying there in the water. Then something just like it came out of it and walked on two legs over the water.[25]When it came to the land, two men stepped out of it. They were different from us. They made signs for the Lenapées to come out of the woods. They gave presents. Then the Lenapées gave them skin clothes.
[25]A row boat.
[25]A row boat.
The white men went away. They came back many times. They asked the Indians for room to put a chair on the land. So it was given. But soon they began to pull the lacing out of the bottom and to walk inland with it. They have not yet come to the end of the string.
Transcriber's NoteVariations in spelling and accent usage are preserved as printed."The Death Trail" is accredited to the Cherokee in the Table of Contents, but to the Choctaw as a subtitle to the story itself. This is preserved as printed."The Kite and the Eagle" has no credit to a particular nation."The Tiny Frog and the Panther" had no credit in the Table of Contents, but is accredited to the Biloxi as a subtitle to the story. This is preserved as printed.Page12mentioned Kuti Mandkce. With reference to the 1912 Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47,A Dictionary of Biloxi and Ofo Languages, this has been amended to Kuti Mankdce.Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.The following amendment has been made on the assumption that it was a printer error:Pagev—Gitchee amended to Gitche—... who made Gitche Gomee, the Great Water.Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph. The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.
Transcriber's Note
Variations in spelling and accent usage are preserved as printed.
"The Death Trail" is accredited to the Cherokee in the Table of Contents, but to the Choctaw as a subtitle to the story itself. This is preserved as printed.
"The Kite and the Eagle" has no credit to a particular nation.
"The Tiny Frog and the Panther" had no credit in the Table of Contents, but is accredited to the Biloxi as a subtitle to the story. This is preserved as printed.
Page12mentioned Kuti Mandkce. With reference to the 1912 Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47,A Dictionary of Biloxi and Ofo Languages, this has been amended to Kuti Mankdce.
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.
The following amendment has been made on the assumption that it was a printer error:
Pagev—Gitchee amended to Gitche—... who made Gitche Gomee, the Great Water.
Pagev—Gitchee amended to Gitche—... who made Gitche Gomee, the Great Water.
Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph. The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.