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SIOUX FOLK TALES RETOLD

Illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming

BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1928

Copyright, 1909, By Little, Brown, and Company All rights reserved

Printed in the United States of America

BOOKS BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN

NOTE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIRST EVENING

THE BUFFALO AND THE FIELD-MOUSE

FIRST EVENING

SECOND EVENING

THE FROGS AND THE CRANE

SECOND EVENING

THIRD EVENING

THE EAGLE AND THE BEAVER

THIRD EVENING

FOURTH EVENING

THE WAR-PARTY

FOURTH EVENING

FIFTH EVENING

THE FALCON AND THE DUCK

FIFTH EVENING

SIXTH EVENING

THE RACCOON AND THE BEE-TREE

SIXTH EVENING

SEVENTH EVENING

THE BADGER AND THE BEAR

SEVENTH EVENING

EIGHTH EVENING

THE GOOD-LUCK TOKEN

EIGHTH EVENING

NINTH EVENING

UNKTOMEE AND HIS BUNDLE OF SONGS

NINTH EVENING

TENTH EVENING

UNKTOMEE AND THE ELK

TENTH EVENING

ELEVENTH EVENING

THE FESTIVAL OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE

ELEVENTH EVENING

TWELFTH EVENING

EYA THE DEVOURER

TWELFTH EVENING

THIRTEENTH EVENING

THE WARS OF WA-KEE-YAN AND UNK-TAY-HEE

THIRTEENTH EVENING

FOURTEENTH EVENING

THE LITTLE BOY MAN

FOURTEENTH EVENING

FIFTEENTH EVENING

THE RETURN OF THE LITTLE BOY MAN

FIFTEENTH EVENING

SIXTEENTH EVENING

THE FIRST BATTLE

SIXTEENTH EVENING

SEVENTEENTH EVENING

THE BELOVED OF THE SUN

SEVENTEENTH EVENING

EIGHTEENTH EVENING

WOOD-CHOPPER AND BERRY-PICKER

EIGHTEENTH EVENING

NINETEENTH EVENING

THE SON-IN-LAW

NINETEENTH EVENING

TWENTIETH EVENING

THE COMRADES

TWENTIETH EVENING

TWENTY-FIRST EVENING

THE LAUGH-MAKER

TWENTY-FIRST EVENING

TWENTY-SECOND EVENING

THE RUNAWAYS

TWENTY-SECOND EVENING

TWENTY-THIRD EVENING

THE GIRL WHO MARRIED THE STAR

TWENTY-THIRD EVENING

TWENTY-FOURTH EVENING

NORTH WIND AND STAR BOY

TWENTY-FOURTH EVENING

TWENTY-FIFTH EVENING

THE TEN VIRGINS

TWENTY-FIFTH EVENING

TWENTY-SIXTH EVENING

THE MAGIC ARROWS

TWENTY-SIXTH EVENING

TWENTY-SEVENTH EVENING

THE GHOST WIFE

TWENTY-SEVENTH EVENING