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Indian Why Stories

by Frank Bird Linderman

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Why the Chipmunk’s Back Is Striped
  5. 5How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers
  6. 6Why the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet
  7. 7Why the Curlew’s Bill Is Long and Crooked
  8. 8Old-Man Remakes the World
  9. 9Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice
  10. 10How the Otter Skin Became Great “Medicine”
  11. 11Old-Man Steals the Sun’s Leggings
  12. 12Old-Man and His Conscience
  13. 13Old-Man’s Treachery
  14. 14Why the Night-Hawk’s Wings Are Beautiful
  15. 15Why the Mountain-Lion Is Long and Lean
  16. 16The Fire-Leggings
  17. 17The Moon and the Great Snake
  18. 18Why the Deer Has No Gall
  19. 19Why the Indians Whip the Buffalo-Berries From the Bushes
  20. 20Old-Man and the Fox
  21. 21Why the Birch-Tree Wears the Slashes in Its Bark
  22. 22Mistakes of Old-Man
  23. 23How the Man Found His Mate
  24. 24Dreams
  25. 25Retrospection

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