item: #1 of 7 id: 11547 author: Grinnell, George Bird title: Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People date: None words: 102477 flesch: 90 summary: Curse you, old man, said the son-in-law, you are lazy and useless. Old man, said he, stand up and look all around you. keywords: animals; bear; blackfeet; blackfoot; brother; buffalo; camp; chief; children; cut; day; days; enemy; father; fire; food; girl; good; ground; head; home; horses; indians; kill; life; lodge; look; man; meat; medicine; medicine man; men; morning; night; party; people; person; pipe; place; river; sun; things; time; war; water; way; wife; wolf; woman cache: 11547.txt plain text: 11547.txt item: #2 of 7 id: 13833 author: Grinnell, George Bird title: Blackfeet Indian Stories date: None words: 41161 flesch: 93 summary: Still they were very poor, compared with other young men of their age. When the son-in-law had come pretty close to where the buffalo lay he said to his father-in-law, Old man, stand up and look all about you. keywords: buffalo; camp; chief; day; fire; kut; lodge; man; meat; men; people; place; robe; sun; time; water; woman cache: 13833.txt plain text: 13833.txt item: #3 of 7 id: 35952 author: Wissler, Clark title: The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians date: None words: 22758 flesch: 80 summary: Then, after an interval, this woman transferred it to the wife of ---- who made no vow to give the sun dance, for it was generally known that the reputation of the new owner permanently disqualified her for the function of medicine woman. The father and the son go ahead in single file, next the mother and the daughter, or medicine woman. keywords: camp; ceremony; dancing; day; face; lodge; medicine woman; men; natoas; place; songs; sun; sun dance; sun pole; sweathouse; time; tipi; tongues; women cache: 35952.txt plain text: 35952.txt item: #4 of 7 id: 42235 author: Schultz, James Willard title: Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains date: None words: 46814 flesch: 85 summary: Said Red Crow at last, and the set expression of his face belied his words: Ha! Said Red Crow: They must be sitting out around the point. keywords: big; buffaloes; camp; chiefs; crow; day; good; gun; head; horses; little; lodge; lone; man; meat; medicine; men; peace; people; plume; red; river; thought; time; trail; tribes; valley; walker; way; wolf; women cache: 42235.txt plain text: 42235.txt item: #5 of 7 id: 42274 author: Schultz, James Willard title: With the Indians in the Rockies date: None words: 40727 flesch: 87 summary: Since, during the latter part of the night, more snow had fallen, we could distinguish fresh game tracks from old ones. After we had filled in the grave and the others had gone, Pitamakan and I sat by the new-made mound until the setting sun and the increasing cold warned us also to descend into the valley. keywords: animal; bear; bow; close; day; deep; deer; edge; feet; fire; fort; going; head; indians; meat; mountain; pitamakan; place; right; river; round; saw; snow; thought; timber; time; trail; uncle; valley; way cache: 42274.txt plain text: 42274.txt item: #6 of 7 id: 45156 author: Schultz, James Willard title: Sinopah, the Indian Boy date: None words: 27044 flesch: 90 summary: So it was, little Sinopah, that I got my medicine, my secret helper. Hai-yu, Ai-sto-yim-sta, little Sinopah piped shrilly, have pity on all of us children. keywords: animals; boy; buffalo; camp; children; crane; day; lodge; man; men; mother; people; red; right; river; sinopah; time; white; wolf cache: 45156.txt plain text: 45156.txt item: #7 of 7 id: 606 author: Linderman, Frank Bird title: Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire date: None words: 30752 flesch: 91 summary: I have heard white men say that they had seen Indians use them; but I have never found an Indian that ever used them himself, or knew of their having been used by his people. Then I saw the whole world at war, and many flags of white men were in this land of ours. keywords: day; eagle; fire; indian; know; lodge; man; night; people; sun; time; war; water; white; world cache: 606.txt plain text: 606.txt