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Title: Two Indian Children of Long Ago

Author: Frances Taylor

Release Date: March 4, 2010 [EBook #31502]

Language: English

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Two Indian Children
of
Long Ago

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

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CONTENTS

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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