Frachtenberg. Lower Umpqua Texts

Today's free book is Lower Umpqua Texts by Leo J. Frachtenberg (1914). 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

Creation Myths 
1. The Universal Change
2. The Death of Grizzly Bear
3. The Origin of the Yakonan and Siuslauan Tribes
4. The Big Fire
5. The Crow and the Thunder-Bird
6. The Girls and the Stars
7. The Origin of Death 

Miscellaneous Tales   
8. The Pelican and the Sea-Gull
9. The Beaver and the Muskrat
10. The Man who married the Bear- Woman
11. The Lost Seal-Hunters
12. The Dreamer 
13. How a Wife was obtained
14. Invocation for Rain
15. Description of a Shinny Game
16. How a Siuslaw House was built, and the Food the Siuslaw ate
17. Setting Traps for Elk 
18. The Skunk and the Screech-Owl
19. Coyote and the Two Otter- Women
20. The Grizzly Bear and the Two Little Birds 
21. The Old Woman and her Grand-Daughter 
22. The Story of Louisa Smith's Childhood 

Appendix 
23. The Man who married the Bird-Woman