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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Indian Child Life, by 
+Edwin Willard Deming and Therese O. Deming
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+Title: Indian Child Life
+
+Author: Edwin Willard Deming
+        Therese O. Deming
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+Illustrator: Edwin Willard Deming
+
+Release Date: May 8, 2010 [EBook #32301]
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+INDIAN CHILD LIFE
+
+[Illustration]
+
+By E. W. DEMING
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+INDIAN CHILD LIFE
+
+WITH NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE COLOUR-PLATES AFTER PAINTINGS IN WATER-COLOUR
+TOGETHER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE
+
+BY EDWIN WILLARD DEMING
+
+AND WITH NEW STORIES
+
+BY THERESE O. DEMING
+
+[Illustration]
+
+NEW YORK
+
+COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY
+
+FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
+
+PUBLISHERS
+_PRINTED IN AMERICA_
+
+[Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence
+that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
+
+
+
+
+A RUNAWAY.
+
+
+Once, after an ARICKARA Indian mother had finished all her packing, as
+they were going to move camp, she fixed a travois on her big dog and
+placed her baby in the basket. Then all was ready and they were about to
+start, when a great, ugly black dog came along, and the two dogs began
+to fight.
+
+The squaw whipped them apart, and after she had quieted her poor little
+baby boy, who had been very much frightened, she put him back into his
+little carriage, and soon the Indians started.
+
+[Illustration: THE TWO DOGS BEGAN TO FIGHT.]
+
+The squaw walked beside the dog to guide him and, also, to amuse her
+baby. Indian babies play with little dolls made of buckskin, with long
+buckskin fringe for hair. If a feather is placed in the dolly's hair the
+babies think it is beautifully dressed.
+
+The baby of our story was having a lovely time with his dolly and so his
+mother thought she would just drop back and have a little chat with
+another Indian mother while the baby was good.
+
+She had hardly turned around, when that naughty dog saw a great big jack
+rabbit, just ahead, and thought it would make a delicious dinner. Off he
+started. He jumped right through the rough sage brush, and the poor baby
+rolled out. His mother was afraid he would be badly hurt, but he was
+only frightened. When the squaw caught the naughty dog again, she tied a
+rope around his neck and kept tight hold of it, so he couldn't play
+another trick on her.
+
+When the Indians stopped and camped, the little boy picked up a stick
+and whipped that dog as hard as he could for treating him so badly
+during the day's traveling.
+
+[Illustration: THE LITTLE BOY PICKED UP A STICK.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A GREEDY BEAR.
+
+
+Once there was a little PUEBLO Indian boy and his father was one of the
+best hunters in the village. One morning he went out into the mountains
+to shoot deer, the meat of which was to be dried for the winter supply.
+
+He was walking very carefully, as he would have frightened the game away
+if he had made a noise.
+
+Suddenly he heard a sound as if a mama bear were scolding a cub for
+being selfish. He looked, and there, indeed, was an old she-bear turning
+over stones and trying to find some grubs for her babies.
+
+[Illustration: TRYING TO FIND SOME GRUBS FOR HER BABIES.]
+
+The Indian shot the mama bear and one of the cubs scampered off as fast
+as he could go, but the hunter caught the other little bear and tied a
+horse-hair rope tight around the little fellow's neck, so he could drag
+him home to his little TAN-TSI-DAY.
+
+The two became very good friends, and when TAN-TSI-DAY'S mother brought
+a bowl of porridge to her baby, she always put in enough for the baby
+bear too.
+
+One day the baby bear was naughty, and when TAN-TSI-DAY'S mother had
+gone into the house, he took the bowl and ate all the porridge himself,
+and didn't give his little playfellow any.
+
+The baby was very much surprised, and called his Indian mother.
+
+Do you know how she punished the selfish little bear? When the next
+meal-time came, she just brought enough of the good porridge for her
+TAN-TSI-DAY, and made that naughty bear eat with the puppies. I think
+baby bear won't be such a greedy little fellow when allowed to eat with
+his little companion again.
+
+[Illustration: DRAG HIM HOME TO HIS TAN-TSI-DAY.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+IN MISCHIEF.
+
+
+The naughty bear had been kept away from his playfellow for some time,
+and as the two loved one another so much, it made them both feel very
+sad.
+
+One day the Indian mother went out to visit, and baby bear saw her go.
+"Now," thought he, "I will see my little friend, and, if I am a very
+good little bear, perhaps his mother will let us play together again."
+
+Baby bear crept along very carefully, and when he thought the mother was
+not looking he hid behind a bake oven and almost had his first accident,
+for TAN-TSI-DAY'S mother had left one of her best jars standing there
+with herbs to dry.
+
+[Illustration: HE HID BEHIND A BAKE OVEN.]
+
+When the mother had got out of sight the baby bear marched into the
+adobe home of his friend, and then the two companions were glad.
+
+But baby bear and TAN-TSI-DAY saw the jars with all the good things in
+them, and then they forgot to try to be good.
+
+They ate the dried berries and sweet roots; tipped the jars and baskets
+to see if any goodies were in them; and when they had eaten all they
+wanted, sat just as close to each other as possible and went fast
+asleep.
+
+After a while the mother came home, and when she saw those two fast
+asleep, the jars broken, and all her good things spilled over the floor,
+she became very angry and started to whip them.
+
+Baby bear wakened up and ran as fast as his clumsy little legs would let
+him; but he didn't reach the top of his pole before the Indian mother
+had given him a good switching.
+
+[Illustration: REACH THE TOP OF HIS POLE.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+CANOE BOYS.
+
+
+Little CHIPPEWAY Indian boys have lots of good times. In the spring they
+help their fathers and big brothers to make maple sugar. They watch the
+birch-bark troughs and, when one is full of sap, carry and empty it into
+a big kettle over a fire to boil down.
+
+Often the bears find the sap during the night, and, as they like sweets
+very much, drink it all; and the little boys are disappointed in the
+morning, when they go around with their birch-bark buckets, to find it
+all gone. Sometimes the bears try to steal the boiling syrup, and then
+they get their paws badly burned for trying to be thieves.
+
+[Illustration: THE BEARS FIND THE SAP.]
+
+In summer, the boys love to swim and play in the little lakes that are
+so numerous in the region of their home. One afternoon a number of boys
+got into a canoe and paddled, and as many other boys waded out into one
+of the shallow lakes to have some fun. The boys in the water were to try
+and take the canoe away from the boys that were inside. Oh, how hard the
+two sides worked, one to keep the boat right side up, and the other
+side to capture it; for if they tipped the canoe and spilled all the
+boys out they gained the victory, and would get in and see if they could
+hold it. They splashed the water in all directions, and when one boy
+fell or was pulled out of the boat, didn't he get a good ducking! The
+little dog helped all he could by barking very loud and trying to
+frighten the boys in the water.
+
+They played until it was so dark they had to stop and go home.
+
+Their houses, canoes, baskets, buckets and various other things, are
+made out of the bark of the birch tree.
+
+Whenever any of the CHIPPEWAY Indians want to go visiting, they always
+go in canoes when possible, for they are canoe Indians and almost live
+in their boats. They seldom go visiting on horseback as most other
+tribes do.
+
+[Illustration: THEY ALWAYS GO IN CANOES.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+WINTER FUN.
+
+
+The little ASSINIBOIN Indian boys had a great deal of snow in winter,
+and, as they have no sleds as white boys have, they took buffalo ribs
+and slid down hill on them.
+
+A little boy was walking over the snow one day, on his snow-shoes, when
+he thought what fun it would be, if the boys would all go over on the
+hill and slide. He walked through the village, playing he was the town
+crier, and called all the little boys out on the hill to slide.
+
+They all took their buffalo ribs and went out, and the little
+girls--some who had babies on their backs, and some who were only
+playing--and even the mothers and grandmothers went along to see how
+much fun the boys were going to have.
+
+[Illustration: A LITTLE BOY WAS WALKING OVER THE SNOW ONE DAY, ON HIS
+SNOW-SHOES.]
+
+Some of the boys fastened the buffalo ribs on their feet, while others
+made little sleds by fastening the ribs together and making cross pieces
+of wood. Then they started at the top of the hill and came down, one
+after the other, shouting and laughing while other boys threw snow at
+them.
+
+Several times they went down the hill without any accident, and they
+were beginning to think nothing could throw them. They all ran up the
+hill for another long slide, the first one up was to be the first to
+start. One started right after the other, and as the first one was
+nearly at the bottom of the hill he lost his balance and over he went.
+The other boys were close behind him, and as each one came he went over,
+and the boys and girls, who were watching thought that was more fun for
+them than the sliding had been. Even the three companions who had been
+throwing sticks over the snow to see which could make them slide
+farthest, stopped their game to see how the boys were piled on top of
+one another.
+
+[Illustration: THROWING STICKS OVER THE SNOW TO SEE WHICH COULD MAKE
+THEM SLIDE FARTHEST.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+MR. AND MRS. ANTELOPE AND THE BABIES.
+
+
+One bright, sunny day, Mr. and Mrs. Antelope took little Baby Antelope
+out for a run. They knew where to find a lovely feeding-ground, so that
+their baby could have a good dinner of nice young grass.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Antelope were walking along very quietly; but the baby was
+so pleased to get out, that she gamboled far away, and frisked about.
+
+Pretty soon she came running back very much frightened and said, "Oh
+Mamma and Papa Antelope, do come with me! I have seen some of the
+queerest little animals over near that tree, and I don't know what they
+are."
+
+[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. ANTELOPE TOOK LITTLE BABY ANTELOPE OUT FOR A
+RUN.]
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Antelope became very much worried, because they thought
+perhaps their little one had seen one of those animals that walk on two
+legs and carry a long iron stick that can hit and kill them from afar.
+As Mr. and Mrs. Antelope are very curious people, they wanted to see
+what their baby meant. Can you guess what they saw? Leaning against the
+tree were two queer little animals. Mr. and Mrs. Antelope thought hard
+and looked very keenly; but they had never seen such animals before.
+
+Weren't Mr. and Mrs. Antelope funny? They didn't know that if they
+stayed much longer, a SIOUX Indian mother would come out from the bushes
+where she was picking berries and frighten them away from her little
+baby and then she would have to scold her daughter TOM-BE for falling
+asleep and not taking better care of her baby brother.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CLIFF-DWELLERS AND THEIR PETS.
+
+
+A long time ago, before the white people came to live here, the COCHITI
+Indians used to live in houses made by hollowing deep holes into the
+north side of the deep caņons. They built their houses to face the
+south, because it was warmer in winter when the fierce north wind came
+over the mountains to see what damage he could do. Instead of finding
+houses to go into, he could only blow against the mountains.
+
+The little boys used to climb down the sides of the cliffs from their
+homes, and play in the warm sunshine with their tame foxes and make them
+jump for dried meat.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Sometimes they took their bows and arrows and went out to hunt wild
+turkeys in the arroyos, or deep gullies around their homes.
+
+At night the foxes found a warm place in some house that had been
+deserted, perhaps because the opening had grown too large and the sand
+had drifted in, or perhaps because it was not sheltered enough from the
+snow in winter. The boys would climb to their own houses.
+
+In those days, the men and boys had to watch from high places to warn
+the people of the approach of any of their enemies, because the NAVAJO
+and APACHE Indians troubled the PUEBLO Indians a great deal in olden
+times.
+
+As long as the watchers could see no enemy, the women used to carry
+water from the river--which was quite far away--gather wood and till
+little patches of ground, but as soon as the enemy came down upon them,
+they looked for water in wells dug into the rock to hold the rain when
+it fell. This water was always saved for cases of this kind.
+
+[Illustration: SOMETIMES THEY WENT OUT TO HUNT WILD TURKEYS.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BURRO RACE.
+
+
+TOM-O-PING was a little PUEBLO Indian boy and one day his father said
+to him, "TOM-O-PING take my big black burro over to the caņon to
+feed." TOM-O-PING didn't say, "wait a minute" to his father, but
+jumped right on his burro.
+
+As he was going through the pueblo, he met his three companions,
+A-GO-YA, TO-A and BO-PING. TOM-O-PING did not like to go alone, so
+he asked two of his little friends to jump on behind him while the third
+ran along as best he could, and they would all get their own burros and
+have a race. The boys did not have to be asked twice, so they jumped on
+behind TOM-O-PING and then, as they were anxious to get to racing,
+they all tried to hurry the poor old burro along by kicking him in the
+ribs while BO-PING'S dog barked at his heels. Mr. Burro was tired and
+wouldn't endure that long: so in a moment he was standing on his
+fore-legs and the three boys were turning somersaults over his head,
+while the dog was kicked high in the air. The boys jumped upon his back
+again and this time were more patient, so they finally reached the caņon
+where the donkeys were feeding in safety.
+
+[Illustration: WHILE BO-PING'S DOG BARKED AT HIS HEELS.]
+
+The three waited for their friend to come and then each boy caught his
+own little animal, and as TO-A was the eldest boy he gave the signal
+to start. ONE! TWO!! THREE!!! and off they went over fields and prairie,
+down the old trail and through the sage brush, shouting and laughing and
+urging their little steeds along. First BO-PING was a little ahead, and
+then he was glad, for he had been telling how well his little donkey
+could go. Then the others whipped their small animals a little harder
+for none wanted to be beaten. How they did go! You never saw four little
+donkeys go faster. At last the race came to an end, and the little
+children, who had gathered to see the finish, clapped their hands and
+laughed as TO-A, who was a favorite with them all, came in just a
+little ahead of his companions.
+
+[Illustration: THE BOYS WERE TURNING SOMERSAULTS OVER HIS HEAD.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+LEARNING TO SHOOT.
+
+
+Indian fathers are just as proud of their little sons as white fathers
+are of theirs.
+
+One day, a CROW Indian chief came in from the mountains, where he had
+been hunting and said to his little son: "Now, my little warrior, you
+are getting to be a big boy, you must grow up to be a big chief of your
+tribe. You must learn to shoot and be brave so that when you grow up,
+you will earn a name, and your people will love you."
+
+The father gave his little son a tiny bow and some arrows, and taking
+him by the hand, called his little dog and went out to see what they
+could find to shoot at. Just outside of the tepees, were some bushes
+where the magpies had gathered and were chattering together, enjoying
+the beautiful sunshine.
+
+Magpies are very inquisitive birds, and when they saw the little hunter,
+come along with his dog and his father, one of the little birds jumped
+down from the bush and hopped over to see what they were going to do.
+The father thought this was a good chance for his boy, so he got down on
+the ground to instruct him. The little fellow shot, and do you know he
+killed one of those birds!
+
+[Illustration: GAVE HIS LITTLE SON A TINY BOW.]
+
+Then the father was just as proud as his little boy. The little fellow
+picked up the bird, and then off he started for home. His mother was
+sitting in the tepee making her little son a new pair of moccasins, and
+when he came in and threw the bird over for her to see, she was as much
+pleased as her boy, for soon he would be able to shoot rabbits and other
+game for her to cook for his dinner.
+
+[Illustration: ABLE TO SHOOT RABBITS.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+LITTLE BIRD, THE NAVAJO SHEPHERD BOY.
+
+
+Little bird was a little NAVAJO boy, whose papa had given him a dear
+little pony, because he took such good care of the sheep.
+
+When LITTLE BIRD went out with his papa's flock of sheep, he always took
+some goats along to help keep the flock together and drive off wolves or
+bears. LITTLE BIRD, on his pony's back, would watch, and the goats would
+climb on the rocks where they could see a long distance. One day, while
+they were watching, LITTLE BIRD fell asleep, on his pony's back. He
+didn't think there were any wolves or bears about; but soon he was
+dreaming that he heard the sheep making a great noise, and when he
+awoke, he saw that they were very much frightened and that the goats
+were marching toward the caņon.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+What do you think he saw? A great, black bear holding a dear little lamb
+in his arms.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+LITTLE BEAVER AND THE TAME CROWS.
+
+
+One day as LITTLE BEAVER was playing on the prairie before his mother's
+tepee, he saw his father coming across an arroyo from a hunting trip he
+had taken. LITTLE BEAVER looked very intently, for on top of one of the
+pack horses, he saw two black things flapping their wings.
+
+As soon as his father had got home and the things were unpacked, he
+said, "Come, my little warrior, I want to tell you a story." As soon as
+his little boy was on his knees he said: "While I was riding through the
+woods, I heard something say, 'Caw, Caw.' At first, I didn't see where
+it was and then I wished I had my little bright-eyed boy, for he could
+see. By and by it said 'Caw, Caw,' again and then, looking up, I saw an
+old mother crow standing on a limb, with a little crow on each side of
+her. I shot the mother and then climbed the tree and captured these two
+little crows and brought them home to my boy."
+
+LITTLE BEAVER was very much pleased, and he used to play a great deal
+with these two new pets.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Not long after, when the crows had grown quite big and mischievous,
+LITTLE BEAVER sat outside of the tepee on the ground, to eat some
+dinner. The crows saw him and came running over to him. While LITTLE
+BEAVER tried to frighten one away the other would try to steal his meat
+and they kept it up quite a while until the little boy whipped them
+away. Then the crows felt very mournful to think they had been beaten,
+and walked away with their heads drooping, as if they knew enough to be
+ashamed of what they had tried to do.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+BRIGHT-EYES AND HIS PUMA KITTENS.
+
+
+Indian boys have very queer pets; they capture bear cubs, puma or
+mountain lion kittens, and various other young animals of the forest and
+tame them. The boys like to play with these strange pets, as much as
+little white boys love to play with puppies or kittens.
+
+Some Indian boys, just like the white boys, enjoy teasing their pets,
+which is very wrong as it makes the animals very angry, and often the
+boys are punished beyond their expectation for their naughtiness.
+
+BRIGHT-EYES was a little PAWNEE boy, who had two pretty little puma
+kittens, of which he was very proud, and when he did not tease or make
+them angry they would let him fondle and caress them just as you would a
+kitten.
+
+[Illustration: SOME INDIAN BOYS ENJOY TEASING THEIR PETS.]
+
+One day BRIGHT-EYES was sitting on a blanket under a tree playing with
+his kittens, when two of his friends came along. He asked them to stop
+and they did, because BRIGHT-EYES seemed to be having such a good time
+with his pets.
+
+The other boys did not play as gently as BRIGHT-EYES had done, and began
+teasing the kittens. They became very angry and wild. They scratched at
+the boys and tried to bite them, and if BRIGHT-EYES had been alone he
+would have fared very badly because he could not have beaten his wild
+pets off, but the other boys were older and they succeeded in quieting
+them enough to lead them away and tie them up.
+
+The kittens never trusted BRIGHT-EYES again as they did before, and the
+little fellow felt very sad. His father did not trust him with his pets
+either, and after that always kept the kittens tied even though
+BRIGHT-EYES promised not to make them angry any more.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+HODGSKA MAKES A VISIT.
+
+
+I will tell you of a little red boy going visiting, and perhaps you can
+fancy why he liked it so much.
+
+One day a CROW Indian mother called her little boy, HODGSKA, and told
+him to get dressed and she would take him to see his grandfather.
+HODGSKA was delighted. He came running in, and his mother put a pretty
+red breech-clout on him, braided his hair neatly, and then painted the
+part in his hair red, and HODGSKA was ready to start.
+
+[Illustration: HAD TO PULL UP HIS FEET TO KEEP HIS MOCCASINS DRY.]
+
+The horses were all ready, too. The mother's saddle was all decorated
+with bright colored flannel and pretty bead work, and HODGSKA had a
+bright blanket thrown over his horse's back. The mother rode in front
+because she had to lead the way. They followed an old trail for awhile,
+and HODGSKA was disappointed because he didn't think that was fun. Then
+off in the distance he saw a river, and oh how he wished they would have
+to cross it!
+
+HODGSKA was delighted when they really started to cross. In splashed the
+horses, and the water kept getting deeper and deeper until it came so
+high that the little boy had to pull up his feet to keep his moccasins
+dry.
+
+After the river had been forded they had to climb over a mountain, and
+HODGSKA was glad he had brought his bow and arrows because he might be
+able to shoot something to take to his grandfather. They rode very
+quietly, and little HODGSKA tried to ride especially quiet because he
+knew if he made much noise he would frighten the game. Soon he heard a
+little noise in the brush and looking over he saw two pretty deer, but
+they saw him, too, and ran off just as fast as they could.
+
+HODGSKA heard the little birds chattering and calling to one another and
+he saw a bear, but he found nothing he could shoot; so he had to meet
+his grandfather without being able to show what a hunter he had become.
+
+[Illustration: HE SAW TWO PRETTY DEER.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+PLAYING AT MOVING HOUSE.
+
+
+Once there were two little PIEGAN Indian girls and they had been playing
+in a little play tepee for a long time. They had their baby brothers
+with them, and the babies had been playing out in the warm sunshine with
+their dogs, while the little girls played with their Indian dollies.
+
+The little brothers were good for a long time, and then they became
+tired of playing in one place, just as little white children get tired,
+so the sisters thought they would play at moving house.
+
+They fastened two long poles to the sides of the dog and made a travois,
+then they put a basket between the poles and laid their dollies in this
+play carriage. Then the little girls started to take down their tepee.
+
+[Illustration: RAN OFF AS HARD AS HE COULD RUN.]
+
+All of a sudden the most awful accident happened! The puppy caught one
+of the dollies in his mouth and ran off as hard as he could run. The
+poor little mamma was almost frantic. She ran after the naughty puppy
+and caught him just as he was about to chew that poor dolly up!
+
+After the poor dolly had been petted and loved, it was put back into the
+travois, and after all the packing had been finished the little girls
+took their baby brothers on their backs and started to move.
+
+Just as they were passing their homes their mothers came to the door and
+called them in to their dinner. They didn't say "In a minute," as little
+white children very often do, but went right away.
+
+[Illustration: TOOK THEIR BABY BROTHERS ON THEIR BACKS.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE WAR DANCE.
+
+
+I fancy that little white children don't know that their red brothers
+like to dress up in grown-up people's things just as much as they do.
+
+One day several little SIOUX Indian boys decided to have a war dance.
+They braided each other's hair, and one little boy was so vain that,
+while his companion was braiding his hair, he kept admiring himself in a
+little piece of looking-glass that he held in his hand. After all had
+their hair finished, they put on the dance costumes just as they had
+seen their fathers do. Each wore the roach on his head, beads around his
+neck, and the belt; then each took his little bow and they started to
+have the dance.
+
+When the girls heard their little brothers playing outside, they went to
+the doors of their lodges to watch them. Then the boys had to do their
+best, of course, to show the girls what brave warriors they were going
+to be.
+
+[Illustration: KEPT ADMIRING HIMSELF IN A LITTLE PIECE OF
+LOOKING-GLASS.]
+
+An old grandfather was sitting out-of-doors sunning himself; so the boys
+brought a tom-tom, and asked him to make music for them. Then they
+danced the war dance in earnest--a true imitation of their fathers. They
+danced for several hours, until they were so tired they could dance no
+longer; then they retired to a tepee, which they made believe was their
+council house, and in council they decided that the little girls would
+surely have much more respect for them in the future.
+
+[Illustration: THE LITTLE GIRLS WOULD HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THEM.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+TAKING CARE OF THE PONIES.
+
+
+Out in the real wild West, where the PONCA Indians live when they are at
+home, there are bears, mountain lions, wolves, foxes, and many other
+wild animals, always roaming about in quest of food.
+
+Every evening, when it begins to get dark, the little boys have to go
+out and gather together all the horses, drive them to the village, and
+picket them for the night where the men can watch and keep them safe,
+not only from wild animals, but from Indians belonging to hostile
+tribes, out on horse-stealing expeditions.
+
+[Illustration: THE WOLF.]
+
+After the horses are safely picketed around camp, the small boys can
+play and have a good time; but they have to go to bed early because they
+have to be up very early in the morning. When the boys are all through
+with their breakfasts they drive the horses first to water for a drink,
+and then over to the caņons where some of them are hobbled and allowed
+to feed all day. When the boys hobble their horses they tie their front
+legs together down near the hoofs, so that the horses can only take
+short steps, and cannot run or wander off very far.
+
+While the little boys are out herding they keep their bright little eyes
+wide open to see everything. Sometimes they shoot at the little prairie
+dogs with their bows and arrows; but the prairie dogs have very bright
+eyes, too, and down they go into their little holes before the arrows
+can hurt them.
+
+The wise little owls live with the prairie dogs and they come out and
+sit near the holes watching for mice. The little boys shoot birds,
+rabbits, and various other small animals while they are out tending the
+horses.
+
+Sometimes when Indian mothers are very busy or want to visit, they
+hobble their little ones by tying their feet together, so that they can
+take short steps only. Then the babies can play out-of-doors, and the
+mothers are sure they cannot get very far away from home.
+
+[Illustration: THE WISE LITTLE OWLS.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BABIES AND THE WOODPECKERS.
+
+
+One day two WINNEBAGO Indian mothers took their little baby boys and put
+them on a blanket to play together. They were two happy little children,
+and after they had finished the bowl of dinner their mothers had given
+them, they didn't cry, but started playing with their little fingers and
+toes, and trying to catch the little stray rays of sunshine.
+
+They were sitting in the shade of a little sapling, and suddenly they
+heard a little "tap! tap!" against the tree. The babies looked all
+around, but they couldn't see anything. Then they heard another, "tap!
+tap!" just like the first one. This time they looked at the tree, and,
+can you tell what they saw? Two great, big woodpeckers, with great red
+heads. The babies thought they were such pretty birds, but they did not
+know what to say to them, and so were a little bashful; while the
+woodpeckers were very curious to know what new kind of animal they had
+found.
+
+[Illustration: THE BADGERS COME OUT OF THEIR HOLES.]
+
+You see there were no nice fat little worms in the young tree, and so
+the birds may have thought that the children had a bowl full of their
+favorite food, and they had themselves come too late.
+
+Little Indian children learn to know wild animals very early. Sometimes
+the badgers come out of their holes to look at them, and then the
+children are very much frightened because badgers are wise animals and
+play many tricks on people.
+
+At night, when they lie awake in their little beds, the children hear
+the wild geese talking to one another as they fly over the village. Then
+the mother tells them what bird is making the noise, and she also tells
+them, that when the geese fly south it will be too cold before very long
+for their babies to sit out of doors and when they fly toward the north,
+Spring is on the way with its beautiful sunshine.
+
+[Illustration: THE WILD GEESE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER AS THEY FLY.]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+HOW THE PUEBLO BOYS WERE FRIGHTENED.
+
+
+Little Indian children, like their white brothers, have to be in bed
+early or their mothers tell them that the Indian bugaboo, which is a
+water spirit, will come after them.
+
+Sometimes the PUEBLO children, just like their white brothers, too,
+think their mothers are only trying to frighten them, when she reminds
+them of the time and tells them stories of how children are taken away,
+if they stay up late.
+
+One day some little boys were talking the bugaboo stories over, and they
+decided to try and see if their mothers were telling them true stories;
+so, after they had been sent to bed, they were very quiet for awhile,
+but when their mothers weren't watching, they slipped out.
+
+[Illustration: IT WAS A LOVELY NIGHT.]
+
+It was a lovely night and they thought they would go behind the houses
+and play awhile. The boys were running along, thinking of how they never
+again would be afraid of the water spirit, when, they all stopped short.
+For a moment they were so frightened, they could scarcely move. What do
+you think they saw? There, coming out of a doorway, straight ahead of
+them, was one of those terrible water spirits their mothers had been
+telling them about. It was coming right after them, shaking a rattle. I
+tell you those boys ran!
+
+Several very much frightened boys reached their homes, and, after that,
+they were very glad to go to bed when it was time, for they never again
+wanted to be chased by another water spirit.
+
+But I will tell you a secret. There are no water spirits; and these
+small Indian boys were surprised by a PUEBLO man who had seen them steal
+away from their homes and had decided to frighten them. So he dressed up
+to look like the Indians' pictures of a terrible water spirit from the
+Rio Grande river, and ran after the boys.
+
+[Illustration: ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE WATER SPIRITS]
+
+
+
+
+
+
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