The Grizzly Bear's Medicine : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 85 THE GRIZZLY BEAR'S MEDICINE p. 86 p. 87 THE GRIZZLY BEAR'S MEDICINE A LONG time ago there lived in a camp of Pawnees a certain poor boy. His father had only one pony. Once he had been a leading m...
Nothing Child : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 165 NOTHING CHILD p. 166 p. 167 NOTHING CHILD LONG time ago there lived in the Blackfoot camp a young man who did not like company. He preferred to be alone. He had a wife but no children, and one young...
The Stories And The Story Tellers : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. ix THE STORIES AND THE STORY-TELLERS THE stories in this book deal with peoples of widely different surroundings and habit--some with dwellers on the sea-shore, whose skies are often obscured by r...
The Beaver Stick : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 198 p. 199 THE BEAVER STICK p. 200 p. 201 THE BEAVER STICK IN ancient times, long before the people had found horses and used them instead of dogs to bear burdens and drag lodge poles, there lived...
The Girl Who Was The Ring : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 46 p. 47 THE GIRL WHO WAS THE RING p. 48 p. 49 THE GIRL WHO WAS THE RING * BY the bank of a river stood a lodge, which lived four brothers and their sister. The boys made arrows. To the branch of a tree...
The First Medicine Lodge : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 114 p. 115 THE FIRST MEDICINE LODGE p. 116 p. 117 THE FIRST MEDICINE LODGE GREAT many winters ago the Piegans were camped near a small creek. Their lodges were arranged in a circle, enclosing a large...
Bluejay Visits The Ghosts : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 32 p. 33 BLUEJAY VISITS THE GHOSTS p. 34 p. 35 BLUEJAY VISITS THE GHOSTS IN a certain village there lived Io and her younger brother, Bluejay. One night the ghosts went out to buy a wife. They bought Io...
Little Friend Coyote : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 216 p. 217 LITTLE FRIEND COYOTE p. 218 p. 219 LITTLE FRIEND COYOTE IT was in the summer, when the Blackfoot and Piegan tribes were camped together, that the Blackfoot Front Wolf first noticed Su-y-sai-pi...
The Blindness Of Pi Wap' Ok : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 141 THE BLINDNESS OF PI-WAP-K p. 142 p. 143 THE BLINDNESS OF PI-WAP-K PI-WAP-K, Flint-knife, was a Blood warrior; he was brave and ambitious, seldom passing a day idly in his lodge. If not away...
Bluejay, The Imitator : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 17 BLUEJAY, THE IMITATOR p. 18 p. 19 BLUEJAY, THE IMITATOR BLUEJAY and his elder sister Io, with her five children, lived together in a house by the sea beach. Every morning they went out to walk along...
The Bluejay Stories : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. xi THE BLUEJAY STORIES ON the shores of the ocean which washes our northwest coast live many tribes of a hardy, seafaring people. Their houses stand along the beach just above high-water mark, and behind...
Thunder Maker And Cold Maker : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 125 THUNDER MAKER AND COLD MAKER p. 126 p. 127 THUNDER MAKER AND COLD MAKER IN ancient times, before horses had come from the south and been taught to bear burdens the people did not move camp often, but...
The Punishment Of The Stingy : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 1 THE PUNISHMENT OF THE STINGY A BLUE JAY STORY p. 2 p. 3 THE PUNISHMENT OF THE STINGY AT Sea Side lived many people--a big village. Their houses were on the bank, and, below, the wide beach sloped down...
Title Page : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], THE PUNISHMENT OF THE STINGY AND OTHER INDIAN STORIES By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL New York; London: Harper & Brother Publishers [1901] Scanned, proofed and formatted September 2007, by John Bruno Hare. This...
Shield Quiver's Wife : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 186 p. 187 SHIELD QUIVER'S WIFE p. 188 p. 189 SHIELD QUIVER'S WIFE THERE were two young men growing up in the Blackfoot camp. They were both good warriors and were making great names for themselves. One...
The Star Boy : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 73 THE STAR BOY p. 74 p. 75 THE STAR BOY ONE hot night in summer two girls climbed up on an arbor in front of an earth lodge to sleep where it was cool. As they lay there before they went to sleep, they...
The First Corn : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 63 THE FIRST CORN p. 64 p. 65 THE FIRST CORN A LONG time ago there lived in the Pawnee village a young man who was a great gambler. Every day he played at sticks, and he was almost always unlucky...
Ragged Head : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. 157 RAGGED HEAD p. 158 p. 159 RAGGED HEAD MANY years ago there was a Nez Perce Indian whose name was Ragged Head. He wore the long hair on the front of his head tied up in a bunch, and the ends hanging...
Illustrations : * "The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories", by George Bird Grinnell, [1901], p. viii ILLUSTRATIONS "THEN THEY WENT SEAWARD" "Frontispiece "HE SAW A BALD-HEADED EAGLE" "Facing p". 8 "THE BIRD CAME DOWN" " 10 "FIVE TIMES HE CIRCLED AROUND THEM" " 12 "THERE WAS NO BOY THERE, ONLY...