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Title: Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

Author: Unknown

Editor: Katharine Berry Judson

Release Date: July 16, 2007 [EBook #22083]

Language: English

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MYTHS AND LEGENDS
OF THE GREAT PLAINS

SELECTED AND EDITED BY

KATHARINE BERRY JUDSON

AUTHOR OF "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD SOUTHWEST,"
"MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST," "MONTANA," "MYTHS AND
LEGENDS OF ALASKA," AND "WHEN THE FORESTS ARE ABLAZE."

ILLUSTRATED

[Illustration]

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1913

_Copyright_
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1913

Published November, 1913

W. F. Hall Printing Company
Chicago

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD SOUTHWEST. _Over fifty
full-page illustrations. Small quarto. $1.50 net._

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA. _Beautifully illustrated. Small quarto.
$1.50 net._

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Especially of Washington
and Oregon. _With fifty full-page illustrations. Small quarto. $1.50
net._

MONTANA: "The Land of Shining Mountains." _Illustrated. Indexed.
Square 8vo. 75 cents net._

WHEN THE FORESTS ARE ABLAZE. _Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.35 net._

A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers

[Notes: BIANKI'S VISION

(Kiowa Drawing)

_The ghost-dance among the Sioux was based on the belief that the dead
Indians would all come to life and drive out the white intruders. Then
the buffaloes, which were disappearing, would come back in the immense
herds of the olden time._

_The vision of one of the dreamer priests is represented. Afte