Hoffman. The Menomini Indians

Today's free book is The Menomini Indians by Walter James Hoffman (1896). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

There are appx. 50 pages of myths and folktales in the book:

The travels of Manabush
The origin of maple sugar and of menstruation
Manabush and the Bear
How the young Hunter caught the Sun
The Hunter and the Elk people, and how the Moose were defeated
The young man and the Bears
The Rabbit and the Saw-whet
Manabush and the Birds
Kaku'fiue, the Jumper, and the origin of tobacco
The search for Manabush
The Moon
The Aurora borealis
Meteors
The Porcupine
The Raccoon
The Raccoon and the blind men
ShikiVko, the Skunk
The Catfish
The first meeting of the Menomiui and the whites
How the Hunter destroyed the Snow
The Bear and the Eagle
Miqkii'no, the Turtle
The Rabbit and the Panther
The Beaver Hunter and his sister
Nani Naioq'ta, the Ball Carrier
Origin of the word Chicago