Produced by Julia Miller, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: TORTURING A CAPTIVE] WESTERN SCENES AND REMINISCENCES: TOGETHER WITH THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST. TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS. AUBURN: DERBY & MILLER. BUFFALO: DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN. 1853. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by GEO. H. DERBY & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. CONTENTS. PAGES. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, 5 to 40 Scenes and Adventures in the Ozark Mountains, 41 " 63 Personal Incidents and Impressions of the Indian Race, 64 " 77 TALES OF A WIGWAM-- The White Stone Canoe, 79 " 81 The Lynx and the Hare--Fable from the Odjibwa-Algonquin, 81 The Worship of the Sun, an Ottowa Tradition, 82 " 84 Shingebiss, 85 " 86 Wasbashas, or the Tribe that Grew out of a Shell, 95 " 97 The Boy who set a Snare for the Sun, 97 " 99 Ampata Sapa, or, The First Wife, 99 " 100 Mukakee Mindemoea, or, The Toad Woman, 101 " 103 The Quadruped with the Hair blown off its Skin, 106 " 109 The Traditionary Story of Red Head and his Two Sons, 109 " 115 The Swing on the Lake Shore, 116 " 117 Takozid, or the Short-Foot, 118 " 121 Machinito, the Evil Spirit, by Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, 121 " 126 The Little Spirit, or Boy-Man, an Odjibwa Fairy Tale, 127 " 130 Aingodon and Naywadaha--story of a family of Nadowas, 130 " 133 The Rabid Wolf, a Village Tradition, 158 " 163 Moowis, or the Man made up of Rags and Dirt, 164 " 167 The Lone Lightning, an Odjibwa Tale, 168 POETRY-- To Health, 183 The Bird, 63 "The Loon upon the Lake, 404 Odjibwa Song, 405 Niagara, an Allegory, 407 Traditionary War Songs of the Odjibwa Algonquins, 410 " 416 SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN--