Reichard. Coeur d'Alene Indian myths

Today's free book is An analysis of Coeur d'Alene Indian myths by Gladys Reichard (1948). 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. Chief Child of the Root (Transformer)
2. Origin of Indian tribes (From Parts of Monster)
3. Coyote overpowers Sun (Securing Sun Disk) 
4. Coyote steals his daughter-in-law 
5. Little Beaver
6. Coyote devours his own children 
7. Coyote loses his eyes (Eye Juggling) 
8. Coyote hunts with Crane and releases salmon 
9. Story of Lynx
10. War between Land and Water People 
11. Dog husband
12. Coyote and Fox gamble with the Fish 
13. Coyote marries Squirrel, sister of Geese 
14. Coyote imitates Magpie (Bungling Host) 
15. Coyote and Badger 
16. Calling the deer 
17. Calling one's kind
18. Coyote kills Cricket with elk fat (Mistaken Kindness)
19. Coyote and Nighthawk change coats (Rolling Rock) 
20. Cricket rides Coyote 
21. Coyote snares the wind 
22. Catbird 
23. Skunk and Fisher 
24. The girls who stole dentalia (Kidnapping) 
25. Thunder 
26. Waterbird contests for woman (Gift Test) 
27. Water Monster Woman 
28. Little Mosquito 
29. Grizzly and his brothers-in-law 
30. Muskrat trespasses 
31. Toad saves children 
32. Chipmunk and Snake (Contest for Winter and Spring) 
33. Elk and Snowshoes 
34. Contest between Cold and Heat 
35. Rabbit and Jack Rabbit 
36. Dog goes for fire 
D. Tales with historical elements 
37. Turtle's war party (Mock Plea) 
38. Two-headed snakes 
39. The dwarf 
40. Man caught in a fire corral 
41. Flathead chief sends his daughter to Chief Waxane' 
42. The Coeur d'Alene attacked 
43. Two women overcome Nez Perce man 
44. Woman saved by loose saddle cinch 
45. The Coeur d'Alene fight the Kutenai 
46. Boy takes food 
47. The practical joker 
48. War between the Blackfoot and the Coeur d'Alene