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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
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