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Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America

By Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

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Little Folks of North America
13CHAPTER I Little Folks of Iceland
- Geysers and Glaciers.
- In the Homes.
- Getting Fish.
- The Cave of Surtur.
26CHAPTER II Little Folks of Greenland
- The Coming of Eric the Red
- The Eskimos.
- Hunting for Food.
- Eskimo Dogs.
- Nannook, the Bear.
- After the Walrus.
- The Narwhal.
- Springtime.
- The Skin-boat, or Kayak.
- The Reindeer.
- New Settlers.
55CHAPTER III Little Folks of Alaska
- The Coming of Behring
- The Little Eskimos.
- Among the Indians.
- Candle Fish.
- Catching Salmon.
- Bears.
- Whales and Sea Otters.
- Seal-Hunting.
- Hunting in Alaska.
- The Gold Mines.
- Sitka.
80CHAPTER IV Little Folks of Canada
- The First White Settlers
- The Explorer Champlain.
- The Coming of the English.
- Henry Hudson and the Great Lone Land.
- Alexander Mackenzie and his long Journey.
- Among the Eskimos and Indians.
- Wild Animals of the Forest and Prairie.
- Off for the Hunt.
- Winter Sports.
- The Big Cities.
- On the Farms.
- In a Lumber Camp.
- Beyond the Mountains.
- The Klondike Mines.
116CHAPTER V Little Folks of Labrador
- The Indians of Labrador.
120CHAPTER VI Little Folks of Newfoundland
- After the Birds.
- The Copper Mines.
128CHAPTER VII Little Folks of the United States
- The Mound Builders.
- The Indians.
- After Many Years.
- The Coming of the English.
- Lewis and Clark, and What They Saw.
- On a Wheat Farm.
- The Cornfields.
- On a Cattle Ranch.
- Down South.
- Among the Factories.
- Fishing.
- In a Lumber Camp.
- Getting Coal.
- Among the Rocky Mountains.
- The Colorado Canyon.
- The National Park.
- Niagara Falls.
- A Peep at Big Cities.
179CHAPTER VIII Little Folks of Mexico
- On the Coast.
- Vera Cruz.
- Getting Vanilla.
- Acapulco.
- The Mexican Farms.
- The Big Market.
- The Museums.
- The Floating Gardens.
- Volcanoes.
- Among the Mines.
206CHAPTER IX Little Folks of Central America
214CHAPTER X Little Folks of the West Indies
- Hurricanes.
- In the Woods.
- Among the Sugar-canes.