



Produced by Judith Boss





OLD INDIAN LEGENDS

Retold By Zitkala-Sa




ITKALA-SA.





CONTENTS


     IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS
     IKTOMI'S BLANKET
     IKTOMI AND THE MUSKRAT
     IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE
     IKTOMI AND THE FAWN
     THE BADGER AND THE BEAR
     THE TREE-BOUND
     SHOOTING OF THE RED EAGLE
     IKTOMI AND THE TURTLE
     DANCE IN A BUFFALO SKULL
     THE TOAD AND THE BOY
     IYA, THE CAMP-EATER
     MANSTIN, THE RABBIT
     THE WARLIKE SEVEN





OLD INDIAN LEGENDS




IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS


IKTOMI is a spider fairy. He wears brown deerskin leggins with long soft
fringes on either side, and tiny beaded moccasins on his feet. His long
black hair is parted in the middle and wrapped with red, red bands.
Each round braid hangs over a small brown ear and falls forward over his
shoulders.

He even paints his funny face with red and yellow, and draws big black
rings around his eyes. He wears a deerskin jacket, with bright colored
beads sewed tightly on it. Iktomi dresses like a real Dakota brave. In
truth, his paint and deerskins are the best part of him--if ever dress
is part of man or fairy.

Iktomi is a wily fellow. His hands are always kept in mischief. He
prefers to spread a snare rather than to earn the smallest thing with
honest hunting. Why