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  1. Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
  2. 11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful
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00 - Dedication, Preface, Introduction, Contents
01 - Why the chipmunk's back is striped
02 - How the ducks got their fine feathers
03 - Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet
04 - Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked
05 - Old-man remarks the world
06 - Why Blackfeet never kill mice
07 - How the otter skin became great "medicine"
08 - Old-man steals the sun's leggings
09 - Old-man and his conscience
10 - Old-man's treachery
11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful
12 - Why the mountain-lion is long and lean
13 - The fire-leggings
14 - The moon and the great snake
15 - Why the deer has no gall
16 - Why indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes
17 - Old-man and the fox
18 - Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark
19 - Mistakes of old-man
20 - How the man found his mate
21 - Dreams
22 - Retrospection

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11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful

Content Provider Librivox
Author Linderman, Frank Bird
Abstract Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." (Summary by Dover Children's Classics)
Related Links http://sacred-texts.com/nam/iwhys.htm http://archive.org/details/indian_why_stories_1210_librivox
File Format MP2 / MPA / MP3
Language English
Part of Series Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
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Access Restriction Open
Subject Keyword fantastic fiction myths, legends & fairy tales
Alternative Title Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire - 11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful
Content Type Audio
Resource Type Audiobook
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