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Two Indian Children of Long Ago By: Frances Taylor |
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BY FRANCES LILIAN TAYLOR Author of Adventures in Storyland Readers ILLUSTRATED BY L. KATE DEAL BECKLEY CARDY COMPANY CHICAGO COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY BECKLEY CARDY COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Illustration] CONTENTS [Illustration] PAGE THE FIRST AMERICANS 7 THE WILD RICE INDIANS 13 STORIES AND STORY TELLERS 17 WELCOME TO A PAPOOSE 21 THE INDIAN BABY AND HER CRADLE 25 WHITE CLOUD'S FIRST RIDE 28 NOKOMIS TELLS A STORY 34 THE FIREFLY DANCE 37 SWIFT ELK, THE INDIAN BOY 40 THE NAMING OF SWIFT ELK 45 FIRE AND THE FIRE MAKERS 49 THE THUNDERERS 56 THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE FOREST 58 BLACK WOLF TELLS A STORY 62 THE RACE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE HUMMING BIRD 67 HUNTING WILD DUCKS 70 A BRAVE DUCK 77 SUMMER SPORTS 81 THE BALL GAME 85 THE ANIMALS AND THE BIRDS PLAY BALL 89 GATHERING WILD RICE 94 THE ANT AND THE KATYDID 100 HOW WILD RICE WAS DISCOVERED 102 MOVING THE DOLLS' CAMP 106 FINDING A WAR FEATHER 114 THE LYNX AND THE HARE 117 HOW THE ANIMALS SAVED THE TRIBE 119 WINTER EVENINGS 125 THE GROUND HOG DANCE 131 THE LUCKY HUNTER 134 HOW SICKNESS CAME 140 HOW SPRING CONQUERED WINTER 144 THE GIFT OF CORN 149 THE MAGIC CANOE 154 THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS 158 ABOUT THE BOOK 160 TWO INDIAN CHILDREN of LONG AGO [Illustration] THE FIRST AMERICANS We are proud of being Americans. But we must not forget that the Indians once owned all America, north and south and east and west. The Indians were the first Americans of whom we read. No people ever had a greater love for their land, and no race has ever taken more pleasure in out of door life. After Columbus found the New World, white men came from Europe to make their homes here. As time went on they drove the Indians farther and farther west and took away their hunting grounds. Let us try to imagine our country as it was when the Indians owned it. Can we picture our land without a house or a store or a railroad? Can we think of great rivers with no cities on their banks and with no bridges on which to cross from one side to the other? Every boy we know likes to go camping. But who would be willing to set up a camp far away in the deep woods without taking with him tent or food or blankets? Before trade with the white men began, the Indians found everything they needed in the wild land about them. They could make their own weapons and tools, their canoes and paddles, their houses and clothing, and even build a fire without matches. Your fathers leave home to earn money for your food and clothing. Your mothers see that your meals are cooked and that your clothes are bought or made... Continue reading book >>
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