Sapir. Takelma texts

Today's free book is Takelma texts by Edward Sapir (1909). 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).

Jenny, or Lady Oscharwasha,
Rogue Tribe of the Tekelma Indians


Table of Contents

Coyote and his Rock Grandson
Daldal as Transformer
Panther and his Deer-Wife
Panther and Coyote
Coyote and Fox
Coyote and Pitch
Coyote in a Hollow Tree
Coyote Visits the Land of the Dead
Coyote and the Origin of Death
Coyote Goes Courting
Jack Rabbit is Calumniated by Coyote
Beaver Ferries the Deer across Rogue River
Grizzly Bear and Black Bear
Eagle and the Grizzly Bears
Chicken-Hawk Revenges himself upon Medicine-Men
The Four Otter Brothers and Chicken-Hawk
The Otter Brothers Recover their Father's Heart
Crow and Raven Go for Water
Skunk, the Disappointed Lover
The Flood
Acorn Woman Revenges herself Upon a Medicine-Man
Rock Woman and a Mountain are a Medicine-Man's Bane
The Rolling Skull
Eel the Singer

II. CUSTOM'S AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES
How a Takelma House was Built
Marriage
How a Feud was Settled
How a Bad-hearted Medicine-Man has his Guardian Spirits Driven out of him
Frances Johnson is Cured by a Medicine-Woman
A Raid of the Upper Takelma

III. MEDICINE FORMULAS
When screech-Owl Talks
When Hummingbird is Seen
When Hooting-Owl Talks
When Yellowhammer Talks
When the New Moon Appears
When there is a Heavy Fall of Snow
When it Storms in Winter
When a Whirlwind Comes
A Prayer to the Wind
When there is a Heavy Rain
When one Sneezes.