Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales

458 Pages·1893·17.599 MB·English

by  George Bird Grinnell

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