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Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

by Mabel Powers

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Acknowledgment
  3. 3Foreword
  4. 4How the Stories Came to Be
  5. 5Why I Was Called the Story-Teller
  6. 6The Little People
  7. 7Story-Telling Time
  8. 8How the Iroquois Give Thanks
  9. 9A Firemaker and a Peacemaker
  10. 10Iroquois Wonder Stories
  11. 11Why the Eagle Defends Americans
  12. 12How the Turkey Buzzard Got His Suit
  13. 13Why the Partridge Drums
  14. 14How the Indians Learned to Heal
  15. 15Why Dogs Chase Foxes
  16. 16Why Hermit Thrush Is So Shy
  17. 17How Good and Evil Came to Be
  18. 18How a Boy Was Cured of Boasting
  19. 19Why the Cuckoo Is So Lazy
  20. 20How the Coon Outwitted the Fox
  21. 21Why the Goldfinches Look Like the Sun
  22. 22What the Ash and the Maple Learned
  23. 23How the Woman Overcame the Bear
  24. 24Why the Woodpecker Bores for Its Food
  25. 25Why the Ice Roof Fell
  26. 26Why the Chipmunk Has Black Stripes
  27. 27How Two Indian Boys Settled a Quarrel
  28. 28How Mice Overcame the Warriors
  29. 29Why Crows Are Poor
  30. 30Why the Indian Loves His Dog
  31. 31Greedy Fawn and the Porridge
  32. 32Why Hounds Outrun Other Animals
  33. 33Why Indians Never Shoot Pigeons
  34. 34How Old Man Winter Was Driven Back
  35. 35Why Lightning Sometimes Strikes
  36. 36Why the Hare Has a Split Lip and Short Tail
  37. 37Corn Plume and Bean Maiden
  38. 38How the Robin Burned His Breast
  39. 39Iroquois Fairy Stories
  40. 40How Little Shooter Lost His Luck
  41. 41How an Indian Boy Won His Name
  42. 42How the Fairies Worked Magic

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