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The Creation _Osage_ 19
How the World was Made _Cherokee_ 22
The Flood and the Rainbow _Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)_ 26
The First Fire _Cherokee_ 28
The Ancestors of People _Osage_ 31
Origin of Strawberries _Cherokee_ 32
Sacred Legend _Omaha_ 34
The Legend of the Peace Pipes _Omaha_ 38
A Tradition of the Calumet _Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)_ 41
The Sacred Pole _Omaha_ 43
Ikto and the Thunders _Teton_ 46
The Thunder Bird _Comanche_ 47
The Thunder Bird _Assiniboin_ 48
Song to the Thunder Gods _Omaha_ 49
Songs of the Buffalo Hunt _Sioux_ 50
Origin of the Buffalo _Teton_ 53
The Buffalo Being _Teton_ 55
The Youth and the Underground People _Omaha_ 57
The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear _Omaha_ 68
My First Buffalo Hunt _Omaha_ 71
Bird Omens _Sioux_ 73
The Bird Chief _Omaha_ 74
Song of the Birds _Pawnee_ 75
Song of Kawas, the Eagle _Pawnee_ 77
The Eagle's Revenge _Cherokee_ 78
The Race between Humming Bird and Crane _Cherokee_ 80
Rabbit and the Turkeys _Omaha_ 82
Unktomi and the Bad Songs _Dakota_ 84
How the Pheasant Beat Corn _Cherokee_ 88
Why Turkey Gobbles _Cherokee_ 89
Omaha Beliefs _Omaha_ 90
Pawnee Beliefs _Pawnee_ 92
A Song of Hospitality _Sioux_ 95
A Song of the March _Sioux_ 96
Song of the Prairie Breeze _Kiowa_ 97
Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies _Mandan_ 98
Legend of the Corn _Arikara_ 101
Tradition of the Finding of Horses _Ponca_ 105
Dakota Beliefs and Customs _Dakota_ 108
Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds _Teton_ 110
The Ghost's Resentment _Dakota_ 111
The Forked Roads _Omaha_ 116
Tattooed Ghosts _Dakota_ 117
A Ghost Story _Ponca_ 118
The Ghost and the Traveler _Teton_ 119
The Man who Shot a Ghost _Teton_ 120
The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost _Teton_ 122
The Wakanda, or Water God _Yankton_ 126
The Spirit Land _Arapahoe_ 129
Waziya, the Weather Spirit _Teton_ 131
Kansas Blizzards _Kansa_ 132
Ikto and the Snowstorm _Teton_ 133
The Southern Bride _Cherokee_ 135
The Fallen Star _Dakota_ 136
Quarrel of Sun and Moon _Omaha_ 147
Why the Possum Plays Dead _Cherokee_ 148
Bog Myth _Dakota_ 150
Coyote and Snake _Omaha_ 151
Why the Wolves Help in War _Dakota_ 153
How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves _Cherokee_ 155
How Rabbit Lost His Fat _Omaha_ 157
How Flint Visited Rabbit _Cherokee_ 158
How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap _Omaha_ 161
How Rabbit Killed the Giant _Omaha_ 163
How Deer Got His Horns _Cherokee_ 167
Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth _Cherokee_ 169
Legend of the Head of Gold _Dakota_ 171
The Milky Way _Cherokee_ 175
Coyote and Gray Fox _Ponca_ 176
Ictinike and Turtle _Omaha_ 178
Ictinike and the Creators _Omaha_ 181
How Big Turtle Went on the War Path _Omaha_ 186