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CONTENTS

• WHY THE CHIPMUNK'S BACK IS STRIPED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
• HOW THE DUCKS GOT THEIR FINE FEATHERS . . . . . . . . . . . 17
• WHY THE KINGFISHER ALWAYS WEARS A WAR-BONNET . . . . . . . 27
• WHY THE CURLEW S BILL IS LONG AND CROOKED . . . . . . . . . 37
• OLD-MAN REMARKS THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
• WHY BLACKFEET NEVER KILL MICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
• HOW THE OTTER SKIN BECAME GREAT "MEDICINE" . . . . . . . . 75
• OLD-MAN STEALS THE SUN'S LEGGINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
• OLD-MAN AND HIS CONSCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
• OLD-MAN'S TREACHERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
• WHY THE NIGHT-HAWK'S WINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL . . . . . . . . . 127
• WHY THE MOUNTAIN-LION IS LONG AND LEAN . . . . . . . . . . 137
• THE FIRE-LEGGINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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• THE MOON AND THE GREAT SNAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
• WHY THE DEER HAS NO GALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
• WHY INDIANS WHIP THE BUFFALO-BERRIES FROM THE BUSHES . . . 175
• OLD-MAN AND THE FOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
• WHY THE BIRCH-TREE WEARS THE SLASHES IN ITS BARK . . . . . 199
• MISTAKES OF OLD-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
• HOW THE MAN FOUND HIS MATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
• DREAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
• RETROSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233