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Bog Myth _Dakota_ 150
Coyote and Snake _Omaha_ 151
Why the Wolves Help in War _Dakota_ 153
How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves _Cherokee_ 155
How Rabbit Lost His Fat _Omaha_ 157
How Flint Visited Rabbit _Cherokee_ 158
How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap _Omaha_ 161
How Rabbit Killed the Giant _Omaha_ 163
How Deer Got His Horns _Cherokee_ 167
Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth _Cherokee_ 169
Legend of the Head of Gold _Dakota_ 171
The Milky Way _Cherokee_ 175
Coyote and Gray Fox _Ponca_ 176
Ictinike and Turtle _Omaha_ 178
Ictinike and the Creators _Omaha_ 181
How Big Turtle Went on the War Path _Omaha_ 186
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Bianki's Vision _Frontispiece_
Woman's Costume 32
An Elderly Omaha Beau 33
Tattooing, Showing Conventional Design of the Peace Pipe 42
Bull Boat 43
German Knights and Indian Warriors 56
Rivalry over the Buffalo 70
Capture of a Wandering Buffalo 71
Five Chiefs of the Ogalla Sioux 84
Old Horse 85
Siouan Tents 96
An Arapahoe Bed 97
Indian Scaffold Cemetery on the Missouri River 110
An Omaha Village, Showing Earth Lodge and Conical Tepees 111
Black Coyote 122
Ornamentation on the Reverse of an Arapahoe "ghost-dance" Shirt 123
"Killed two Arikar
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