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  • THIS WAS A SIGN OF GRATITUDE USED WHEN WORDS FAILED TO INTERPRET STRONG EMOTION — Frontispiece
  • HE SNIFFED IMPATIENTLY THE SAVORY ODORS . . . 12
  • "GREAT-GRANDFATHER, GIVE ME MEAT TO EAT!" . . 20
  • THE MUSKRAT BEGAN TO FEEL AWKWARD . . . . . 28
  • A SHOWER OF RED COALS UPON IKTOMI'S BARE ARMS AND SHOULDERS . . . . . . . . 42
  • THERE AMONG THEM STOOD IKTOMI IN BROWN BUCKSKINS . . . . . . . . . . . 54
  • OVER A BED OF COALS SHE BROILED THE VENISON . 64
  • HE PLACED THE ARROW ON THE BOW . . . . . . 98
  • "MY FRIEND, YOU ARE A SKILLED HUNTER" . . . 104
  • TINY FIELD MICE WERE SINGING AND DANCING . . 114
  • A LITTLE BOY STOPPED HIS PLAY AMONG THE GRASSES . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
  • THE PROUD CHIEFTAIN ROSE WITH A LITTLE BABY IN HIS ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . 134
  • I AM GOING TO THE NORTH COUNTRY ON A LONG HUNT 146
  • HE BLEW THE WATER ALL OVER THE PEOPLE . . . 162
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[FOREWORD By Agnes M. Picotte, pp. xi-xviii, omitted]