LEGENDS FROM THE RED MAN’S FOREST. By Dorothy Tanner. Published in 1895 by A. Flanagan Co., Publishers, Chicago. 7.5” x 5” cloth hardcover. Illustrated. 128 pages.

Condition: VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Exterior as shown in photo. Binding is strong. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. Signature at front dated 1901.

Description:

This is an 1890s collection of Native American myths and fairy tales. Ostensibly written for a younger audience, these 46 fables are recounted in traditional storyteller/oral history style, making them appealing to readers and listeners of any age. The stories are accompanied by numerous illustrations.

The author writes in the Preface:

As you read these stories, think of the time when this great country of ours had no cities, no railroads, no telegraphs, telephones or schools – when not a white man lived here.

Then the dense forests, wide prairies, deep blue rivers and high mountains belonged to the red man.

These stories I have written for you were then told to Indian boys and girls. Some were told in the far north, some in the south, others in the west, and others in the east.

And, as we read, let us remember that in the long time ago the children believed these stories which are to us like fairy tales.

Contents Are:

  • The Aurora and the Milky Way

  • The Beginning of Medicine

  • The Belief of the Indians

  • Big Manitou Rocks

  • Chipmunk’s Black Stripe

  • The Story of Creation

  • The Eagle

  • The Great Bear

  • Heno, The God of Thunder

  • Herbs That Heal

  • How Mosquitoes Came

  • How The Birds Came To Have Feathers

  • How The Duck Came To Have a Flat Back

  • The Indians’ Cinderella

  • The Indians’ Flood

  • The Indians’ War Dance

  • The Island of the Blessed

  • Kabeyun, The West Wind

  • Kabibonokka, the North Wind

  • Legend of the Horse Shoe Falls

  • The Maize

  • Making the Moon

  • The Medicine Plant

  • Michabo

  • The Morning Star

  • Opeeche, The Robin

  • The Pine Trees

  • Rain and Snow

  • The Rainbow

  • Shawandasee, the South Wind

  • The Strength of the Eagle

  • The Summer Maker

  • The Things of the Garden

  • The Things of the Water

  • The Thunder and Lightning Men

  • The Thunderers

  • Wabun, The East Wind

  • Waupec, The White Hawk

  • Wahbegwounee, The Water Lily

  • Weeng, The Spirit of Sleep

  • The White Spot of the Kingfisher

  • Why the Mole Is Blind

  • Why The Moon Changes Its Shape

  • Why the Squirrel Barks

  • Winter and Spring

  • The Woodpecker’s Red Crown

    Remember folks, this is an 1895 original. This book is 129 years old.

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