A Cherokee Legend Rabbit was so boastful that he would claim to do whatever he saw anyone else do, and so tricky that he could usually make the other animals believe it all. Once he pretended that he could swim in the water and eat fish just as the Otter did, and when the others [...]
Genealogy & Story Telling
6
Oct
A Cherokee Legend In the year 1747 a couple of the Mohawk Indians came against the lower towns of the Cheerake, and cunningly ambuscaded them through most part of the spring and summer. The two killed above twenty in different attacks before they were discovered by any party of the enraged and dejected people. They [...]
Tags: Fort Prince George, Keeowhee, Mohawk
6
Oct
A Pawnee Legend The Cheyennes, like other Indians, do not speak to each other when they are away from the camp. If a man leaves the village and sits or stands by himself on the top of a hill, it is a sign that he wants to be alone, perhaps to meditate, perhaps to pray. [...]
6
Oct
A Blackfoot Legend There once were four brothers, all spiritual men who had power. In a vision the oldest of them heard a voice saying: “Out there is a sacred weed; pick it and burn it.” The man looked around, saw the strange weed, and put it in the fire. It gave off a very [...]
Tags: Beaver, nawak'osis, Tobacco
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