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Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley

by Katharine Berry Judson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Epigraph — The Earth-Maker
  3. 3Creation
  4. 4The Creation
  5. 5Creation of the Races
  6. 6Story of the Creation
  7. 7Creation — (A Fragment)
  8. 8Creation of the Mandans
  9. 9The Flood
  10. 10The Great Flood — (A Fragment)
  11. 11Origin of Fire
  12. 12The Thunderers and the Origin of Fire
  13. 13The Origin of Fire
  14. 14The Gifts of the Sky God
  15. 15Mondamin
  16. 16Mondamin
  17. 17The Corn Woman
  18. 18Discovery of the Wild Rice
  19. 19Origin of Wild Rice
  20. 20Origin of Winnebago
  21. 21The Origin of Tobacco
  22. 22Origin of Maple Sugar
  23. 23Manabush and the Moose
  24. 24Origin of Day and Night
  25. 25Origin of the Bear
  26. 26Origin of the Word Chicago
  27. 27Origin of the Word Chicago
  28. 28The Coming of Manabush
  29. 29The Story of Manabush
  30. 30Manabozho and West
  31. 31Manabush and the Great Fish
  32. 32The Departure of Manabush
  33. 33The Return of Manabush
  34. 34The Request for Immortality
  35. 35Peboan and Seegwan
  36. 36The Grave Fires
  37. 37The Death Trail
  38. 38The Duck and the North West Wind
  39. 39How the Hunter Destroyed Snow
  40. 40The Pipe of Peace
  41. 41The Thunder’s Nest
  42. 42The Pipestone
  43. 43The Pipestone
  44. 44Pau-Puk-Kee-Wis
  45. 45Iagoo, the Boaster
  46. 46Ojeeg, the Summer-Maker
  47. 47Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
  48. 48Rabbit and the Tar Baby
  49. 49Rabbit and Tar Wolf
  50. 50Rabbit and Panther
  51. 51How Rabbit Stole Otter’s Coat
  52. 52Rabbit and Bear
  53. 53Why Deer Never Eat Men
  54. 54How Rabbit Snared the Sun
  55. 55When the Orphan Trapped the Sun
  56. 56The Hare and the Lynx
  57. 57Welcome to a Baby
  58. 58Baby Song
  59. 59Song to the Firefly
  60. 60Song of the Mother Bears
  61. 61The Man in the Stump
  62. 62The Ants and the Katydids
  63. 63When the Owl Married
  64. 64The Kite and the Eagle
  65. 65The Linnet and the Eagle
  66. 66How Partridge Got His Whistle
  67. 67How Kingfisher Got His Bill
  68. 68Why the Blackbird Has Red Wings
  69. 69Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
  70. 70Why the Birds Have Sharp Tails
  71. 71The Wildcat and the Turkeys
  72. 72The Brant and the Otter
  73. 73The Tiny Frog and the Panther
  74. 74The Frightener of Hunters
  75. 75The Hunter and the Alligator
  76. 76The Groundhog Dance
  77. 77The Racoon
  78. 78Why the Opossum Plays Dead
  79. 79Why the ’Possum’s Tail Is Bare
  80. 80Why ’Possum Has a Large Mouth
  81. 81The Porcupine and the Two Sisters
  82. 82The Wolf and the Dog
  83. 83The Catfish and the Moose
  84. 84Turtle
  85. 85The Worship of the Sun
  86. 86Tashka and Walo
  87. 87Sun and Moon
  88. 88The Moon Person
  89. 89The Star Creatures
  90. 90Meteors
  91. 91The Aurora Borealis
  92. 92The West Wind
  93. 93The Lone Lightning
  94. 94The Thunders
  95. 95Months of the Year
  96. 96Why the Oaks and Sumachs Redden
  97. 97The Man of Ice
  98. 98The Nunnehi
  99. 99The Little People
  100. 100War Song
  101. 101The War Medicine
  102. 102The Coming of the White Man

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