Dorsey. Traditions of the Arikara

Today's free book is Traditions of the Arikara by George A. Dorsey (1904). 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

  1. The Wolf and Lucky-Man Create Land 
  2. The Spiders Give Birth to People 
  3. The Origin of the Arikara 
  4. The Origin of the Arikara 
  5. The Origin of the Arikara 
  6. The Origin of the Arikara 
  7. The Origin of the Arikara 
  8. The Origin of the Awaho-Bundle People
  9. Mother-Corn's Visit to the Arikara
  10. Mother-Corn's Visit to the Arikara 
  11. How the People Escaped the Buffalo 
  12. Why the Buffalo No Longer Eat People 
  13. Why the Buffalo No Longer Eat People 
  14. The Girl Who Married a Star
  15. The Girl Who Married a Star 
  16. No-Tongue and the Sun and the Moon
  17. How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief 
  18. How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief 
  19. How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief 
  20. The Two Boys and the Water-Serpent 
  21. The Boy Who Befriended the Thunderbirds and the Serpent
  22. The Boy Who Turned Into a Snake
  23. The Boy Who Received the Mouse Power 
  24. The Boy and the Young Hawks 
  25. The End of the Elk Power 
  26. The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear 
  27. The Boy and the Elk 
  28. The Coyote, the Girl, and the Magic Windpipe 
  29. The Buffalo Wife and the Javelin Game 
  30. The Origin of the Wolf Dance 
  31. The Medicine Dance of the Beaver, Turtle, and Witch-Woman
  32. The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power
  33. The Rabbit Boy 
  34. The Man and the Water-Dogs 
  35. The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance 
  36. The Notched Stick and the Old Woman of The Island 
  37. The Man Who Married a Coyote
  38. The Man Who Turned Into a Stone 
  39. The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone
  40. The Power of the Bloody Scalped-Man 
  41. The Boy Who Carried a Scalped-Man Into Camp
  42. The Girl Who Was Blest by the Buffalo and Corn 
  43. The Fight Between the Arikara and the Snakes 
  44. The Fight Between the Arikara and the Bears
  45. The Wife Who Married an Elk
  46. The Four Girls and the Mountain-Lion
  47. The Deeds of Young-Eagle
  48. The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind
  49. Coyote and the Mice Sun Dance
  50. The Coyote Becomes a Buffalo
  51. The Coyote and the Artichoke
  52. The Coyote Rides the Bear
  53. The Coyote Rides the Buffalo
  54. The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race
  55. The Coyote and the Dancing Corn
  56. The Coyote and the Turtle Run a Race
  57. The Coyote and the Stone run a Race
  58. The Coyote and the Rolling Stone 
  59. The Coyote and the Rolling Stone
  60. How the Scalped-Man Lost His Wife
  61. The Generous Scalped-Man and His Betrayer
  62. The Scalped-Man
  63. The Dead Main's Country
  64. The Coyote Who Spoke to the Eagle Hunters
  65. The Girl and the Elk
  66. How the Rabbit Saved a Warrior
  67. The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off 
  68. The Water-Dogs
  69. Two-Wolves, the Prophet 
  70. How the Medicine-Robe Saved the Arikara
  71. The Medicine Bear Shield
  72. The Crucified Enemy
  73. How a Sioux Woman's Scalp Was Sacrificed
  74. The Warrior Who Fought the Sioux
  75. The Capture of the Enemy's Bows
  76. The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors
  77. The Attack Upon the Eagle Hunters
  78. The Attack Upon the Eagle Hunters
  79. The Mourning Lover
  80. Contest Between the Bear and the Bull Societies
  81. How White-Bear Came to Belong to the Bear Society
  82. The Tale of a Member of the Bear Society 





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