Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF CHARLES A. EASTMAN
[AKA OHIYESA]
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS
## INDIAN BOYHOOD
## OLD INDIAN DAYS
## THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN
## INDIAN CHILD LIFE
## THE INDIAN TODAY
## WIGWAM EVENINGS
## RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLE
## INDIAN SCOUT TALKS
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS
By Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)
CONTENTS
INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS
RED CLOUD
SPOTTED TAIL
LITTLE CROW
TAMAHAY
GALL
CRAZY HORSE
SITTING BULL
RAIN-IN-THE-FACE
TWO STRIKE
AMERICAN HORSE
DULL KNIFE
ROMAN NOSE
CHIEF JOSEPH
LITTLE WOLF
HOLE-IN-THE-DAY
INDIAN BOYHOOD
By Ohiyesa (Charles A. Eastman)
CONTENTS
I. EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS
I. Hadakah, “The Pitiful Last”
II. Early Hardships
III. My Indian Grandmother
IV. An Indian Sugar Camp
V. A Midsummer Feast
II. AN INDIAN BOY’S TRAINING
III. MY PLAYS AND PLAYMATES
I. Games and Sports
II. My Playmates
III: The Boy Hunter
IV. Hakadah’s First Offering
V. FAMILY TRADITIONS
I: A Visit to Smoky Day
II. The Stone Boy
VI. EVENING IN THE LODGE
I: Evening in the Lodge
II. Adventures of My Uncle
VII. THE END OF THE BEAR DANCE
VIII. THE MAIDENS’ FEAST
IX. MORE LEGENDS
I: A Legend of Devil’s Lake
II. Manitoshaw’s Hunting
X. INDIAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE
I: Life in the Woods
II. A Winter Camp
III. Wild Harvests
IV. A Meeting on the Plains
V. An Adventurous Journey
XI. The Laughing Philosopher
XII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CIVILIZATION
OLD INDIAN DAYS
By Charles A. Eastman
(Ohiyesa)
CONTENTS
PART ONE. THE WARRIOR
I. THE LOVE OF ANTELOPE
II. THE MADNESS OF BALD EAGLE
III. THE SINGING SPIRIT
IV. THE FAMINE
V. THE CHIEF SOLDIER
VI. THE WHITE MAN’S ERRAND
VII. THE GRAVE OF THE DOG
PART TWO. THE WOMAN
I. WINONA, THE WOMAN-CHILD
II. WINONA, THE CHILD-WOMAN
III. SNANA’S FAWN
IV. SHE-WHO-HAS-A-SOUL
V. THE PEACE-MAKER
VI. BLUE SKY
VII. THE FAITHFULNESS OF LONG EARS
VIII. THE WAR MAIDEN
GLOSSARY
THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN
An Interpretation
By Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I. THE GREAT MYSTERY
II. THE FAMILY ALTAR
III. CEREMONIAL AND SYMBOLIC WORSHIP
IV. BARBARISM AND THE MORAL CODE
V. THE UNWRITTEN SCRIPTURES
VI. ON THE BORDER-LAND OF SPIRITS
INDIAN CHILD LIFE
By
CHARLES A. EASTMAN
(Ohiyesa)
ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE VARIAN
1913
CONTENTS
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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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
THE INDIAN TO-DAY
The Past and Future of
the First American
BY
CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA)
1915
CONTENTS
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
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WIGWAM EVENINGS
SIOUX FOLK TALES RETOLD
BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN
(Ohiyesa)
AND ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN
Illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming
Copyright, 1909
CONTENTS
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
CONTENTS
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
BY
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
