[Gutenberg 36012] • Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies by Gilmore, Melvin R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Prairie Smoke (SECOND EDITION, REVISED) MAP TO SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NATIVE TRIBES IN WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT STATES. DEDICATION INTRODUCTION Land and People

NATURE AND HEALTH SPIRIT OF LIFE ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATIVE LIFE INDIANS’ APPRECIATION AND LOVE OF THEIR HOMELAND

SONG TO THE TREES AND STREAMS

THRILLING ESCAPE OF A WAR PARTY OUTNUMBERED AND SURROUNDED BY THEIR ENEMIES A MANDAN MONUMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF AN ACT OF HEROISM THE LEGEND OF STANDING ROCK THE HOLY HILL PAHUK THE LODGE OF THE BLACK-TAIL DEER WHICH TALKED WITH ITS CAPTOR THE WONDERFUL BASKET CAUSE OF THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE IN THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SPRINGTIME THE WATER-SPRING OF THE HOLY MAN THE SACRED SYMBOL OF THE CIRCLE THE SACRED NUMBER FOUR THE PRISTINE PRAIRIE ABORIGINAL AMERICAN AGRICULTURE THE EARTH-LODGE

HYMN TO THE SUN

DESCRIPTION OF THE TIPI AN OMAHA GHOST STORY AN OMAHA HERO SONG

Stories of Plant People

SACRED TREES THE SONG OF THE PASQUE FLOWER

THE SONG OF THE PASQUE FLOWER

THE PRAIRIE ROSE THE SONG OF THE WILD ROSE USE OF THE GROUND BEAN BY INDIANS TIPSIN: AN IMPORTANT NATIVE FOOD PLANT HOW THE PEOPLE OBTAINED THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF CORN A GROUP OF PAWNEE HYMNS TO CORN

MOTHER CORN LEADERSHIP OF MOTHER CORN GUIDANCE OF MOTHER CORN A HYMN OF THANKS TO MOTHER CORN

THE FORGOTTEN EAR OF CORN HOW THE USEFULNESS OF WILD RICE WAS DISCOVERED A STORY OF THE SUNFLOWER DAKOTA FOLKLORE OF THE SPIDERWORT

Stories of the Four-Footed People

THE FAITHFUL DOG HOW COYOTE CHIEF WAS PUNISHED THE SKUNK AND THE BEAR THE SONG OF THE OLD WOLF

Stories of the People of the Air

FOLK SAYINGS ABOUT THE MEADOWLARK HOW THE MEADOWLARK WON THE RACE INDIAN FOLKLORE OF THE HORNED LARK HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT GEESE MIGRATE THE CAPTIVE BIRD: A TRUE STORY OF CHILDHOOD IN THE OMAHA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA THE CHICKADEE THE SONG OF THE WREN THE WAR EAGLE AND THE JACK-RABBIT

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