Part One
MY INDIAN CHILDHOOD

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	"The Pitiful Last"	1
II.	Early Hardships	9
III.	An Indian Sugar Camp	19
IV.	Games and Sports	26
V.	An Indian Boy's Training	37
VI.	The Boy Hunter	48
VII.	Evening in the Lodge	58

Part Two
STORIES OF REAL INDIANS

I.	Winona's Childhood	75
II.	Winona's Girlhood	83
III.	A Midsummer Feast	93
IV.	The Faithfulness of Long Ears	103
V.	Snana's Fawn	118
VI.	Hakadah's First Offering	131
VII.	The Grave of the Dog	145

EVENINGS		PAGE
First	The Buffalo and the Field-mouse	1
Second	The Frogs and the Crane	15
Third	The Eagle and the Beaver	25
Fourth	The War Party	31
Fifth	The Falcon and the Duck	39
Sixth	The Raccoon and the Bee-tree	49
Seventh	The Badger and the Bear	61
Eighth	The Good-luck Token	71
Ninth	Unktomee and his Bundle of Songs	79
Tenth	Unktomee and the Elk	89
Eleventh	The Festival of the Little People	99
Twelfth	Eya the Devourer	107
Thirteenth	The Wars of Wa-Kee-Yan and Unk-Tay-Hee	115
Fourteenth	The Little Boy Man	123
Fifteenth	The Return of the Little Boy Man	131
Sixteenth	The First Battle	139
Seventeenth	The Beloved of the Sun	147
Eighteenth	Wood-Chopper and Berry-picker	155
Nineteenth	The Son-in-law	165
Twentieth	The Comrades	175
Twenty-first	The Laugh-maker	185
Twenty-second	The Runaways	193
Twenty-third	The Girl Who Married the Star	203
Twenty-fourth	North Wind and Star Boy	211
Twenty-fifth	The Ten Virgins	221
Twenty-sixth	The Magic Arrows	231
Twenty-seventh	The Ghost-Wife	243

ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
The Stranger Watches the Laugh-maker and the Bears	Frontispiece
Smoky Day Telling Tales of Old Days around his Fire	5
Just then a Fox Crept Up Behind the Crane	23
The Falcon chases the old Drake	43
"Come down, friends!" called the Raccoon	54
So they ran and they ran out of the woods on to the shining white beach	57
"I would not trouble you," said he, "but my little folks are starving"	67
"Oh, that is only a bundle of old songs," replied Unktomee	83
Tanagela and her little brother	91
With his long spear he stabbed each of the monsters	129
He came to a little hut where lived an old Bear	162
"Do not shoot a white deer when you see him coming toward you"	171
They stood thus with their beaks touching over the stream	200
Star Boy attacked by Hinhan, the Owl	215
She took up handsful of ashes to throw into their faces	227
He offered up the body as a sacrifice	235
At the touch of his magic arrow, it fell at his feet	240
He was once seen with several Deer about him, petting and handling them	247

RED HUNTERS
And the Animal People

By
Charles A. Eastman

(Ohiyesa)
AUTHOR OF "INDIAN BOYHOOD"

1904

	PAGE
The Great Cat's Nursery	3
On Wolf Mountain	24
The Dance of the Little People	46
Wechah the Provider	66
The Mustering of the Herds	89
The Sky Warrior	106
A Founder of Ten Towns	123
The Gray Chieftain	143
Hootay of the Little Rosebud	159
The River People	177
The Challenge	200
Wild Animals from the Indian Stand-point	224
Glossary of Indian Words and Phrases	247

INDIAN SCOUT TALKS

A GUIDE FOR BOY SCOUTS

AND CAMP FIRE GIRLS

CHARLES A. EASTMAN

(OHIYESÄ)

Author of “Wigwam Evenings,” etc.

1914

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	At Home With Nature	1
II.	Indian Methods of Physical Training	7
III.	How to Make Friends With Wild Animals	15
IV.	The Language of Footprints	25
V.	Hunting With Sling-shot and Bow and Arrow	34
VI.	Primitive Modes of Trapping and Fishing	42
VII.	How to Make and Handle Indian Canoes	48
VIII.	The Camp Site and the Carry	55
IX.	How to Build Wigwams and Shelters	61
X.	Fire Without Matches and Cooking Without Pots	69
XI.	How to Make and Follow a Blazed Trail	77
XII.	Indian Signals in Camp and Field	85
XIII.	An Indian Boy’s Sports	91
XIV.	A Winter Masque	99
XV.	An Indian Girl’s Sports	106
XVI.	Indian Names and Their Significance	112
XVII.	Indian Girls’ Names and Symbolic Decorations	120
XVIII.	The Language of Feathers and Ceremonial Dress	126
XIX.	Indian Ceremonies for Boy Scouts	137
XX.	The Maidens’ Feast: A Ceremony for Girls	146
XXI.	The Gesture-language of the Indian	151
XXII.	Indian Picture-writing	159
XXIII.	Wood-craft and Weather Wisdom	168
XXIV.	The Art of Story-telling	175
XXV.	Etiquette of the Wigwam	182
XXVI.	Training for Service	188

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of the Author, Dr. Charles A. Eastman	Frontispiece
1. Method of Tracking a Moose	32
2. Framework of the Wigwam	62
3. The Wigwam	63
4. Framework of the Teepee	65
5. The Teepee	65
6. Implements for Making a Fire Without Matches	70
7. Making the Fire	71
8-10. Ground Arrows	94
11. Indian Symbol for the Home	120
12. Indian Symbol for the Four Points of the Compass	121
13. Indian Symbol for Life Here and Here-after	121
14. Indian Symbol for Happiness in the Home	121
15. Indian Symbol for Eternal Union	121
16. Indian Symbol for Footprints	121
17. Indian Symbol for Lightning or Destruction	122
18. Indian Symbol for Mountains or Prayer	122
19. Figure of the Thunder-Bird	143
20. The Peace Pipe	145
21-26. Indian Picture Writings	160

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Snana called loudly to her companion turnip-diggers	Frontispiece
So he bravely jumped upon the nest	PAGE 32
"Oh, what nice claws he has, uncle!" I exclaimed eagerly	69
He began to sing a dirge for him	140

CHAPTER	PAGE
I. The Indian as He Was	3
II. The How and the Why of Indian Wars	19
III. The Agency System: Its Uses and Abuses	34
IV. The New Indian Policy	49
V. The Indian in School	64
VI. The Indian at Home	81
VII. The Indian as a Citizen	95
VIII. The Indian in College and the Professions	115
IX. The Indian's Health Problem	135
X. Native Arts and Industries	148
XI. The Indian's Gifts to the Nation	164
Bibliography	179
Table of Indian Reservations	183

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles A. Eastman

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF CHARLES A. EASTMAN [AKA OHIYESA]

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS

By Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)

INDIAN BOYHOOD

By Ohiyesa (Charles A. Eastman)

OLD INDIAN DAYS

By Charles A. Eastman

(Ohiyesa)

THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN

An Interpretation

By Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)

CONTENTS

INDIAN CHILD LIFE

By

CHARLES A. EASTMAN (Ohiyesa)

ILLUSTRATED BY

GEORGE VARIAN

1913

CONTENTS

THE INDIAN TO-DAY

The Past and Future of the First American

BY

CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA)

1915

CONTENTS

WIGWAM EVENINGS

SIOUX FOLK TALES RETOLD

BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN (Ohiyesa) AND ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN

Illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming

Copyright, 1909

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

RED HUNTERS And the Animal People

By Charles A. Eastman

1904

CONTENTS

1914

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CHARLES A. EASTMAN
(Ohiyesa)

The Past and Future of
the First American

BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN
(Ohiyesa)
AND ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN

RED HUNTERS
And the Animal People

By
Charles A. Eastman