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CONTENTS

 

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SUMMER CONQUERS WINTER

1

SKAGÉDI AND THE MAN-EATER

8

GÉHA AIDS A DESERTED BOY

16

THE ADVENTURES OF WOLF-MARKED

22

OKTEONDOn AND His UNCLE, THE PLANTER, OR WINTER DELAYING SPRING

A BATTLE BETWEEN FROST AND WHIRLWIND

47

HÓTHO CONQUERS SHAGODYOWEG GOWA

52

SUMMER KILLS AUTUMN AND IS HERSELF KILLED BY WINTER

55

GÉHA, THE FRIEND OF A DESERTED BOY

62

WHIRLWIND AND PANTHER

66

A BIRD IN SEARCH OF A MATE

68

THE ORIGIN OF STORIES

70

THE MAN-EATING WIFE, THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN AND THE MORNING STAR

76

TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WENT TO "THE BLUE"--SPEAKER AND DEFINER

82

THE TRIALS AND DEATH OF INCHWORM

96

GÁQGA´

106

THE THUNDER BOY

110

GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON AND AN EAGLE WOMAN

116

THE GREAT SPIRIT OVERPOWERS THE COLD AND FROST OF WINTER. STONE COATS

122

MAN-EATER AND HIS BROTHER, WHIRLWIND

124

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OWL AND HIS JEALOUS WIFE

128

OKTEONDOn AND HIS UNCLE

134

TREE WORM AND His MOTHER-IN-LAW, BARKWORM

147

COLD AND FROST, OR STONE COAT WOMEN

152

THE GANYO GOWA

156

WOLF AND THE OLD WOMAN'S GRANDSON

160

A RACE BETWEEN BEAR AND TURTLE

165

THE GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON

167

BALD EAGLE SENDS MUD-TURTLE TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

176

THE BOY WHO LEARNED THE SONGS OF BIRDS

179

THE COMING OF SPRING, OR THE WADYOnYOnDYES GIRLS

185

THE CREATION OF MEN (INDIANS)

192

THE BUFFALO WOMEN

198

THE GHOST WOMAN

204

WÍSHAKON AND HIS FRIEND VISIT THE PLÉTHOAK (THUNDERS)

206

THE ADVENTURES OF HANÍSHÉONON

STONE COAT, COLD AND FROST

216

RAIN OLD MAN AND THE HORNED SNAKE (LIGHTNING)

218

WHIRLWIND AND HER HUSBAND

220

THE BIRD MEDICINE

226

HAGOWANE AND HIS TEN SONS

229

COON DECEIVES CRAWFISH

243

THE DESERTED BOY

247

DAGWANOEnYENT (WHIRLWIND)

256

HÓTHO (COLD)

257

FLYING-SQUIRREL AND THE SEASONS

258

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THE ADVENTURES OF YELLOWBIRD

272

THE YOUNG WOMAN AND THUNDER

288

PARTRIDGE AND TURTLE AND THEIR COUSINS WOLVES

293

THOUSAND-LEGS AND BRIGHT BODY, HIS SON

298

A YOUNG MAN RESCUED BY A TOAD

303

A MAN PURSUED By HIS UNCLE AND BY HIS WIFE

307

A LAZY MAN

320

SWAN'S DAUGHTERS MARRY EARTHQUAKE'S SON

324

HODADEIOn AND His SISTER

327

A LITTLE BOY AND HIS DOG, BEAUTIFUL EARS

351

QUAIL KILLS COLD WEATHER AND THE THUNDER FAMILY

GÁQGA´ AND SKAGÉDI

366

THE MAN-EATER AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER

369

THE RABBIT BROTHERS

374

MINK AND HIS UNCLE

381

THE FOX AND RABBIT

392

A WARRIOR CARED FOR BY WOLVES

394

DOGS SAVE THEIR MASTER

399

THE DESERTED VILLAGE

402

WAR BETWEEN SENECAS AND CHEROKEES

406

TURTLE ON THE WAR-PATH

410

THE GREAT SNAKE BATTLE

414

THE HUNTER WHO BECAME A FISH

416

TWO SENECA WOMEN ESCAPE FROM CHEROKEE CAPTIVITY

419

A DEAD MAN SPEAKS THROUGH FIRE

422

THE FEAST OF THE WHIRLWINDS

427

THUNDER DESTROYS HORNED SNAKE

430

THE FRIENDSHIP OF AN OTTER

434

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HOW CHIPMUNKS GOT THEIR STRIPES

437

CHILD FED AND CARED FOR BY A PORCUPINE AND A BEAR

438

BROTHER AND SISTER PURSUED BY A MAN-EATER

443

RACCOON STORY

449

THE MOOSE WOMAN

452

THE: ADVENTURES OF GÁNYAGE GOWA

457

TURKEY'S BROTHER GOES IN SEARCH OF A WIFE

474

THE TWELVE BROTHERS AND THEIR UNCLE, DAGWANOEnYENT

482

UNCLE AND NEPHEW

487

A MAN CHASED BY THE ANCIENT OF LIZARDS

494

THE GREAT BEAR AND THE SIX HUNTERS, OR THE SEVEN STARS OF THE DIPPER

503

THE CHIPMUNK AND THE BEAR

505

THE WREN

506

THE TWELVE STARS

507

THE WOMAN AND DOG IN THE MOON

A MAN CONQUERS STONE COAT (ICE AND COLD)

509

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