Blackfeet Indian StoriesThese stories come down from very ancient times. Grandfathers told them to their grandchildren, and they to their grandchildren, and so on from mouth to mouth. In 1913, George Bird Grinnell, one of the most famous ethnographers of the late nineteenth century, published this volume. |
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animals antelope arrow ashes asked bear began berries birds Blackfeet bobcat bone Broken Bow buffalo called camp chief cliff close Cold Maker covered coyote cried crying dance daughter dead deer dogs ducks eyes father fear fire Fisher gave GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL ghost girl glad gone grizzly bears head heard high prairie hill horn kill Kut-o-yis leggings live lodge poles looked man-wolf marry meat Medicine Lodge Mika'pi moccasins morning mountains mourning Napi night old woman painted parfleches person piece Piegans piskun pity poles prairie prairie-dogs rabbits Raven Raven band rawhide Red Robe replied river root digger Scarface skin smoke hole Snakes son-in-law song soon spoke sticks stone Talking Rock tell things Three Bulls threw told took trail travelled travois tribe wait walked Weasel Heart wife willow wives wolf wolves women wood young