_Introduction_ ix 1. ADVENTURE _Little Rabbit Discovers a Secret of Strength_, Pueblo 3 _Atagahi—The Secret Lake_, Cherokee 10 _Quarter Moon and Little Elk_, Iroquois 13 _A Kitten Brings a Boy His Feather_, Nez Percé 20 _Little Thunder Finds a Friend_, Wyandot 23 _How Not to Catch a Fish_, Bella Coola 29 _Little Fire Cloud’s Dream_, Delaware 33 _The Cry of the Horned Owl_, Cayuga 38 _The Dream That Led to Victory_, Apache 42 2. HUNTING AND FISHING _Grey Calf Learns to Hunt Buffalo_, Crow 53 _Little Fox and the Golden Eagle_, Apache 60 _How Long Moose Became a Brave_, Powhatan 65 _How a Fishing Trip Taught Loyalty to a Boy_, Iroquois 71 _Little Bear’s First Hunt_, Apache 79 _Crying Eagle Sees a Great Battle_, Iroquois 84 _Spotted Tail and the Ghost Wolf_, Mohawk 89 3. CUSTOMS _The Tribes Gather_, Cree 99 _Singing Eagle’s First Clothes_, Huron 105 _The New Tepee_, Blackfoot 108 _Little Dove Learns to Weave_, Winnebago 112 _Red Cloud’s Dream_, Algonquin 117 _Broken Tooth and the War Bonnet_, Apache 127 _Grey Squirrel Hears His Name_, Oneida 129 4. HEROISM _Little Fawn and the Wolves_, Choctaw 139 _The Island_, Iroquois 144 _A New Bow for Tani_, Cherokee 149 _Singing Waters and the Medicine Well_, Teton-Dakota 153 _The War That Should Not Have Happened_, Comanche 160 _Little Horse and the Painted Arrow_, Delaware 174 _Falling Water Earns a Feather_, Dakota-Sioux 192 _The Race with Death_, Apache 197 _The Storm_, Algonquin 210 5. CHARACTER _Sleeping Bear Makes a Mistake_, Montagnais 217 _The Lesson of the Elm Tree_, Cherokee 220 _The Race_, Oneida 225 _Little Thunderbird Tells the Truth_, Blackfoot 241 _The Prize No One Could See_, Kickapoo 247 _The Mysterious Pony Raiders_, Blackfoot 253