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PAWNEE HERO STORIES AND FOLK-TALES GEORGE BIRD GR1NNELL & UniversityLibrary UniversityofCalifornia Berkeley SIGNAL "WHO ARE YOU?" ANSWER "PA'-NI." PAWNEE HERO STORIES AND FOLK-TALES WITH NOTES ON THE CUSTOMS AND CHARACTER OF THE ORIGIN, PAWNEE PEOPLE BY GEORGE BIRD GR1NNELL TO WHICHISADDED A CHAPTERON THEPAWNEELANGUAGE BY JOHN B. DUNBAR NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Copyright, 1890, by GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. ^ TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR FRANK NORTH Pa'-ni Lf-shar THIS RECORD OF His PEOPLE is INSCRIBED CONTENTS. HERO STORIES. PACE COMANCHE CHIEF, THE PEACE-MAKER, - 25 LONE CHIEF, SKIR'-AR-A LE'-SHAR, - - 45 THE PRISONERS OF COURT HOUSE ROCK, - 67 WOLVES IN THE NIGHT, - - 70 A LEADER OF SOLDIERS, - 74 A CHEYENNE BLANKET, - - 76 LITTLE WARRIOR'S COUNSEL, - 79 A COMANCHE BUNDLE, - 83 FOLK-TALES. THE DUN HORSE, - - 87 A STORY OF FAIIH, . 98 THE BEAR MAN, - - 121 THE GHOST \\ 11 1 , - . 129 Tl-KK-WA-KlSII, THE MAN WHO CALLED THE BUFFALO, 132 PA-HU-KA'-TA\VA, - - 142 Tin. BOY NVHO WAS SACRIFICED, - - 161 THE SNAKE BROTHER, - - - 171 O'RE-KA-RAHR, - 182 THE GHOST BRIDE, - -... .- 191 THE BOY WHO-SAW-A-TI'--US --- 195 How THE DEER LOST His GALL, 204 YELLOW Fox, 206 viii Contents. NOTES ON THE PAWNEES. THE PAWNEES: ... I. RELATIONSHIPS, - - - 215 II. ORIGIN AND MIGRATIONS, ... 223 III. THE SKIDI, - - - - - 231 IV. NAME AND EMBLEM, 239 PAWNEE CUSTOMS: I. EARLY DAYS, - . 249 II. EVERY-DAY LIFE, - 259 III. A SUMMER HUNT, - 270 THE PAWNEE IN WAR : I. ENEMIES AND METHODS OF WARFARE, - 303 II. PA'-NI LE-SHAR AND His SCOUTS, - . 323 WAR III. PARTI-ES, --..- .- 335 RELIGION : I. BELIEFS, ... 350 II. CEREMONIES, - 36 III. MEDICINE AND MYSTERY, ^74 LATER HISTORY : I. REMOVAL TO THE INDIAN TERRITORY, - 389 II. PRESENT CONDITION AND PROGR.ESS,.- .. 397 APPENDIX : THE PAWNEE LANGUAGE, - 409
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