Frachtenberg. Coos Texts

Today's free book is Coos Texts by Leo J. Frachtenberg. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

(Cape Arago, Coos Bay)

Creation Myths

I. Arrow Young Men (The Creation of the World)
2. The Crow (and the Thunder-Bird)
3. The Ascent to Heaven
4. The Stealing Of Fire And Water
5. The Origin of Death
6. The Flood
7. Origin of the Coos People
8. The Girls and the Stars
9. The Fire-Wind

Miscellaneous Tales

10. The Woman Who Married the Seal
11. Spider-Old-Woman
12. The Giant Woman. (First Version.)
13. The Giant Woman. (Second Version.)
14. The Giant Women. (Third Version.)
15. The Girl and Her Pet
16. The Five Grizzly-Bears
17. The Five Shadows
18. Night-Rainbow and Grizzly Bear
19. The Pelican People

Tales Collected by Harry Hull St. Clair

20. The Battle in the Air
21. The Long Night
22. The Underground People
23. The Country of the Souls
24. The Revenge of the Sky People
25. The Woman Who Married the Merman
26. The Woman Who Married the Wolf
27. The Woman Who Married the Dog
28. The Woman Who Married the Bear
29. The Women Who Married the Beaver
30. The Woman Who Became a Bear
31. Eagle-Woman
32. The Man Who Married the Bird