In Indian Tents

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Alger Abby Langdon. In Indian Tents

THE CREATION

GRANDFATHER THUNDER

THE FIGHT OF THE WITCHES

ŪLISKE2

STORY OF WĀLŪT

OLD SNOWBALL

ĀL-WŪS-KI-NI-GESS, THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS

M’TEŪLIN, THE GREAT WITCH

SUMMER

THE BUILDING OF THE BOATS8

THE MERMAN

STORY OF STURGEON

GRANDFATHER KIAWĀKQ’

OLD GOVERNOR JOHN

K’CHĪ GESS’N, THE NORTHWEST WIND

BIG BELLY

CHĪBALOCH, THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR

STORY OF TEAM, THE MOOSE

THE SNAKE AND THE PORCUPINE

WHY THE RABBIT’S NOSE IS SPLIT

STORY OF THE SQUIRREL

WAWBĀBAN, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

THE WOOD WORM’S STORY, SHOWING WHY THE RAVEN’S FEATHERS ARE BLACK

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In the beginning God made Adam out of the earth, but he did not make Glūs-kābé (the Indian God). Glūs-kābé made himself out of the dirt that was kicked up in the creation of Adam. He rose and walked about, but he could not speak until the Lord opened his lips.

God made the earth and the sea, and then he took counsel with Glūs-kābé concerning them. He asked him if it would be better to have the rivers run up on one side of the earth and down on the other, but Glūs-kābé said, “No, they must all run down one way.”

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Alŭmūset’s wings were frozen, and he could not fly on any more errands; but another of the master’s attendant spirits, “Litŭswāgan,” or Thought, went like a flash to “Sūwessen,” the South Wind, and begged his aid.

The warm South Wind began to blow about the mountain, and Cold was driven from the scene.

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