Stories The Iroquois Tell Their Children
39 stories by Mabel Powers
A FIREMAKER AND A PEACEMAKER
5 min
CORN PLUME AND BEAN MAIDEN
4 min
GREEDY FAWN AND THE PORRIDGE
3 min
HOW A BOY WAS CURED OF BOASTING
3 min
HOW AN INDIAN BOY WON HIS NAME
4 min
HOW GOOD AND EVIL CAME TO BE
4 min
HOW LITTLE SHOOTER LOST HIS LUCK
3 min
HOW MICE OVERCAME THE WARRIORS
3 min
HOW MORNING STAR LOST HER FISH
4 min
HOW OLD MAN WINTER WAS DRIVEN BACK
5 min
HOW THE COON OUTWITTED THE FOX
3 min
HOW THE FAIRIES WORKED MAGIC
5 min
HOW THE INDIANS LEARNED TO HEAL
3 min
HOW THE IROQUOIS GIVE THANKS
4 min
HOW THE ROBIN BURNED HIS BREAST
4 min
HOW THE STORIES CAME TO BE
2 min
HOW THE TURKEY BUZZARD GOT HIS SUIT
4 min
HOW THE WHITE MAN CAME
3 min
HOW THE WOMAN OVERCAME THE BEAR
2 min
HOW TWO INDIAN BOYS SETTLED A QUARREL
3 min
STORY-TELLING TIME
3 min
THE LITTLE PEOPLE
3 min
WHAT THE ASH AND THE MAPLE LEARNED
3 min
WHY CROWS ARE POOR
3 min
WHY DOGS CHASE FOXES
3 min
WHY HERMIT THRUSH IS SO SHY
4 min
WHY HOUNDS OUTRUN OTHER ANIMALS
2 min
WHY I WAS CALLED THE STORY-TELLER
3 min
WHY INDIANS NEVER SHOOT PIGEONS
3 min
WHY LIGHTNING SOMETIMES STRIKES
5 min
WHY THE CHIPMUNK HAS BLACK STRIPES
2 min
WHY THE CUCKOO IS SO LAZY
3 min
WHY THE EAGLE DEFENDS AMERICANS
6 min
WHY THE GOLDFINCHES LOOK LIKE THE SUN
3 min
WHY THE HARE HAS A SPLIT LIP AND SHORT TAIL
3 min
WHY THE ICE ROOF FELL
2 min
WHY THE INDIAN LOVES HIS DOG
4 min
WHY THE PARTRIDGE DRUMS
2 min
WHY THE WOODPECKER BORES FOR ITS FOOD
3 min