16

III.--STRONG DESIRE AND THE RED SORCERER 22

IV.--THE WONDERFUL EXPLOITS OF GRASSHOPPER 34

V.--THE TWO JEEBI 68

VI.--OSSEO, THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR 74

VII.--GRAY EAGLE AND HIS FIVE BROTHERS 83

VIII.--THE TOAD-WOMAN 90

IX.--THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN 98

X.--WHITE FEATHER AND THE SIX GIANTS 102

XI.--SHEEM, THE FORSAKEN BOY 115

XII.--THE MAGIC BUNDLE 135

XIII.--THE RED SWAN 138

XIV.--THE MAN WITH HIS LEG TIED UP 170

XV.--THE LITTLE SPIRIT OR BOY-MAN 179

XVI.--THE ENCHANTED MOCCASINS 190

XVII.--HE OF THE LITTLE SHELL 207

XVIII.--MANABOZHO, THE MISCHIEF-MAKER 215

XIX.--LEELINAU, THE LOST DAUGHTER 252

XX.--THE WINTER SPIRIT AND HIS VISITOR 261

XXI.--THE FIRE-PLUME 264

XXII.--WEENDIGOES AND THE BONE-DWARF 288

XXIII.--THE BIRD LOVER 299

XXIV.--BOKWEWA THE HUMPBACK 315

XXV.--THE CRANE THAT CROSSED THE RIVER 324

XXVI.--WUNZH, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CORN 330

ILLUSTRATIONS.

FRONTISPIECE.--THE CELESTIAL SISTERS 11

THE BEAR SERVANTS 59

THE MAN WITH HIS LEG TIED UP 176

THE MORNING STAR AND HER BROTHER 212

I.

THE CELESTIAL SISTERS.

Waupee, or the White Hawk, lived in a remote part of the forest, where
animals abounded. Every day he returned from the chase with a large
spoil, for he was one of the most skillful and lucky hunters of his
tribe. His form was like the cedar; the fire of youth beamed from his
eye; there was no forest too gloomy for him to penetrate, and no track
made by bird or beast of any kind which he could not readily follow.

One day he had gone beyond any point which he had ever before visited.
He traveled through an open wood, which enabled him to see a great
distan