Indian why stories
Subtitle: sparks from War Eagle's lodge-fire
By: by Frank B. Linderman <Co-skee-see-co-cot> illustrated by Charles M. Russell <Cah-ne-ta-wah-see-na-e-ket> ...
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1915
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Siksika Indians -- Folklore; Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore; Cree Indians -- Folklore; Tales -- Montana; Indian mythology -- Montana
Genres: Folklore.
Description: Retells twenty-two "why stories" of the Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Cree tribes, including tales of the creation and of the willful and wily doings of the creator, Old-man.
Notes: Illustrated t.-p., in colors.
"Tales told me by the older men of the Blackfeet, Chippewa and Cree tribes."--Pref.