TY - SER AU - Linderman, Frank Bird, TI - Indian Why Stories : : Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire AV - E011 PY - 1996/// PB - Project Gutenberg, KW - Cree Indians -- Folklore KW - Tales -- Montana KW - Indian mythology -- Montana KW - Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore KW - Siksika Indians -- Folklore N1 - Why the chipmunk's back is striped -- How the ducks got their fine feathers -- Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet -- Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked -- Old-man remakes the world -- Why Blackfeet never kill mice -- How the otter skin became great "medicine" -- Old-man steals the sun's leggings -- Old-man and his conscience -- Old-man's treachery -- Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful -- Why the mountain-lion is long and lean -- The fire-leggings -- The moon and the great snake -- Why the deer has no gall -- Why Indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes -- Old-man and the fox -- Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark -- Mistakes of Old-man -- How the man found his mate -- Dreams -- Retrospection; Public domain in the USA; Text UR - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/606 ER -