Today's free book is The Old North trail; or, Life, legends and religion of the Blackfeet Indians by Walter McClintock (1910). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
This is a comprehensive book about Blackfoot society, and there are two chapters of special interest for storytelling:
IX. Ghost Stories
Superstitious fears of my companions during the blizzard.—
Running Rabbit ghost story.—Old Person ghost story.—
Strange story of Kattana's death. —Methods used by different
medicine men during his last illness.—His visions and death-
dream.—Startling apparitions after Kattana's death.—Story
of Crow Eagle and the ghost.—Blackfeet beliefs as to the
future life.—Disposition of the dead.—Burial customs.—
Mourning customs.
XXV. Spotted Eagle's Mythical Stories of Old Man
The camp of Spotted Eagle, a noted medicine man.—His
jovial disposition and reputation for wit and humour.—He
relates mythical adventures of Old Man.—Old Man plays with
the ground squirrels.—Punishes the lynx and the birch tree.—
Takes part in an elk dance.—Joins in the mouse dance and
gets into trouble.—Travels with a fox and punishes a rock.—
His adventures with coyotes.—He flies with the cranes and
falls to the earth.—He is tricked by a small bird.— He dives
for berries reflected in the water.—Starts the custom of
scalping dead enemies. — Induces men and women to mate.—
Steals the magical fire leggings.—Spotted Eagle's morning
bath.—His remarkable weather prediction followed by a violent
electrical storm.
