Legends of the Delaware Indians and picture writing /

Legends of the Delaware Indians and picture writing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Richard C. (Richard Calmit), 1864-1921
Other Authors: Nichols, Deborah, Rementer, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [1997]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Iroquois and their neighbors.
Subjects:
Delaware Indians > Folklore.
Legends > United States.
Tales > United States.
Delaware language > Texts.
Table of Contents:
  • Richard C. Adams, "Representing the Delaware Indians" / Deborah Nichols
  • The story of Wa-e-aqon-oo-kase
  • A Delaware Indian courtship
  • The little warrior
  • Schooling of the braves
  • The long fast, or The Indian chief turned to a robin
  • The legend of the Great Bear
  • Gread Naked or Hairless Bear
  • The story of Hingue-kee-shu, Bigmoon afterwards Rainmaker
  • The stork of Mek-ke-hap-pa
  • Che-py-yah-poo-thwah
  • The moccasin game
  • The battle with the monster
  • Wa-Sha-Xnend, or the man they cannot hold
  • The warrior and the eagle
  • The hunter and the owl
  • The little boy and the bears
  • A-le-pah-qua, the woman with the two plants
  • The clans
  • New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America / Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D.
  • The legend of the Yah Qua Whee or Mastodon
  • The legend of alliance of the Delawares and Cherokees
  • Autobiography of John Hill
  • Appendixes: A. The Delaware stories of Richard C. Adams / James Rementer
  • B. The hunter and the owl, translated into Lenape / Nora Thompson Dean
  • C. The story of Hingue-kee-shu, Bigmoon afterwards Rainmaker, translated into Lenape / Lucy Parks Blalock
  • D. Che-py-yah-poo-thwah, translated into Lenape / Lucy Parks Blalock
  • E. The warrior and the eagle, translated into Lenape / Lucy Parks Blalock.