On a certain afternoon the sun was falling in the West, and in the midst of the ruddy silence a solitary lodge stood on the banks of a remote lake. One sound only broke, in the least degree, the forest stillness—the low breathing of the dying inmate, who was the head of a poor family….
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WHITE FEATHER AND THE SIX GIANTS (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
There was an old man living in the depth of a forest, with his grandson, whom he had taken in charge when quite an infant. The child had no parents, brothers, or sisters; they had all been destroyed by six large giants, and he had been informed that he had no other relative living beside…
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
An old man had an only son, named Iadilla, who had come to that age which is thought to be most proper to make the long and final fast which is to secure through life a guardian genius or spirit. The father was ambitious that his son should surpass all others in whatever was deemed…
THE TOAD-WOMAN (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
Great good luck once happened to a young woman who was living all alone in the woods with nobody near her but her little dog; for, to her surprise, she found fresh meat every morning at her door. She was very curious to know who it was that supplied her, and watching one morning, just…
GRAY EAGLE AND HIS FIVE BROTHERS (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
There were six falcons living in a nest, five of whom were still too young to fly, when it so happened that both the parent birds were shot in one day. The young brood waited anxiously for their return; but night came, and they were left without parents and without food. Gray Eagle, the eldest,…
THE TWO JEEBI (The Indian Fairy Book, 1869) BY CORNELIUS MATHEWS
There lived a hunter in the North, who had a wife and one child. His lodge stood far off in the forest, several days’ journey from any other. He spent his days in hunting, and his evenings in relating to his wife the incidents that had befallen him. As game was very abundant, he found…