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When the Storm God Rides, by Florence Stratton, collected by Bessie M. Reid [1936], at sacred-texts.com


p. viii p. ix

Contents

 

PAGE

FOREWORD

V

WHEN THE STORM GOD RIDES

1

HOW THE NORTH WIND LOST HIS HAIR

8

KACHINA BRINGS THE SPRING

15

THE SWEET GUM'S AMBER TEARS

26

THE PLANT THAT GROWS IN TREES

29

WHY THE WOODPECKER PECKS

33

THE WOODPECKER'S STUMPY TAIL

40

CHIEF TWO HAWKS' TRAIL

44

THE MAGNOLIA BABIES

53

OLD WOOLLY BIRD'S SACRIFICE

55

A TRIBE THAT LEFT ITS SHOES

67

THE CLOUD THAT WAS LOST

74

THE SWIFT BLUE ONE

78

THE WISE MAN'S BIG BALD HEAD

84

GRANDMOTHER RIVER'S TRICK

87

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WHY HUMMING BIRDS DRINK ONLY DEW

91

WHEN THE STARS TOOK ROOT

95

THE MAIDEN WHO LOVED A STAR

109

OLD QUANAH'S GIFT

114

How SICKNESS ENTERED THE WORLD

123

THE EVIL WATER SPIRITS

127

WHY THE IRISES HOLD HANDS

137

THE PECAN TREE'S BEST FRIEND

144

WHEN THE RAINBOW WAS TORN

152

PAISANO, HATER OF THE RATTLESNAKE

156

MAIDENS WHO BROKE A DROUTH

162

WHY ARROWS HAVE FEATHERS

168

THE COTTONWOOD REMEMBERS

171

WHY THE SKUNK WALKS ALONE

177

HOW THE TURKEY HID HER EGGS

179

WHY THE DOG'S EARS FLOP

181

ABOUT THE TEJAS INDIANS

186

INTERESTING THINGS TO Do

234

INDIAN SYMBOLS

236

 


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