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Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian

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Long before people mastered reading and writing they used to keep their legends telling them by word of mouth form one generation to another. Just 300 years ago millions of Indians inhabited the territory of North America. But Christian advocates mercilessly eliminated all the attributes of the American Indian culture, which run counter to religious dogmas of Vatican. The result was almost total loss of their cultural heritage, both written and verbal. The scientists are nothing else left to do but gather the information of the North American Indians, spared by a miracle, which can be found in folk-lore, legends and myths. This book provides the material that could be of great interest for all lovers of the mythological heritage of these people, their character and beliefs, imagination, magnanimity, moral sentiment, tender feeling, and humour.

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...the herd. They had not been there long beforesome elks from behind passed them like a strong wind. All took thealarm, and off they ran, Pauppukkeewis with the rest. "Keep out on the plains, " said they, but he found it was too late todo so, for they had already got entangled in the thick woods. He soonsmelt the hunters, who were closely following his trail, for they hadleft all the others to follow him. He jumped furiously, and broke downyoung trees in his flight, but it only served to retard his progress. He soon felt an arrow in his side. He jumped over trees in his agony, but the arrows clattered thicker and thicker about him, and at lastone entered his heart. He fell to the ground and heard the whoop oftriumph given by the warriors. On coming up they looked at the carcasswith astonishment, and, with their hands up to their mouths, exclaimed--"Ty-au! ty-au!"There were about sixty in the party, who had come out on a specialhunt, for one of their number had, the day before,...