The lost giant and other American Indian tales retold; . e pebbles, like the swift-footed deer forwhom she was named, the Indian maid hadsprung ashore and darted up the bankinto the forest. She was soon out ofsight speeding like an arrow throughthe woods, back to her mother, her brother,and her home. The Crow gave a harsh cry, which re-sembled a caw, as he saw her go, andbegan screaming at the top of his voice:Stop—stop—Ill bring you back, andpunish you for this. But he could not free himself to followher. Deerfoot had fastened his tail toosecurely to the crossbar for him toloosen it easily. I
The lost giant and other American Indian tales retold; . e pebbles, like the swift-footed deer forwhom she was named, the Indian maid hadsprung ashore and darted up the bankinto the forest. She was soon out ofsight speeding like an arrow throughthe woods, back to her mother, her brother,and her home. The Crow gave a harsh cry, which re-sembled a caw, as he saw her go, andbegan screaming at the top of his voice:Stop—stop—Ill bring you back, andpunish you for this. But he could not free himself to followher. Deerfoot had fastened his tail toosecurely to the crossbar for him toloosen it easily. It took him nearly anhour to untie the last knot, for it wasno easy task to reach around behindhis back, and, by the sense of touch alone, 40 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES pick out countless knots tied in wetleather. By the time the Crow had untied allthe thongs that held him. Deerfoot wasfar away in the forest, so he sunk hiscanoe, resumed his bird shape once moreand flew off screeching as he went:Again I have tricked my enemy—man. Mandowmin of the Maize. AS TALL AS A MAN IT STOOD (See Page 56) Mandowmin of the Maize TN the history of the Pilgrims andtheir early struggles on the bleakshores of New England, it is told howthey were taught by the friendly In-dians, Samoset and Squanto, to plantIndian corn, which soon became one ofthe principal articles of food on theirtables. And even now, after nearlythree hundred years, there is scarcelyany food we think of as more trulyAmerican, than corn meal mush, or pipinghot corn cakes. But long long ago, before the feet ofwhite men ever trod the forest of the 43 44 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES New World, as America was called inthose days, and while Indians in vastnumbers roamed over the land, therewas a time when Indian corn or maizewas unknown even to the red food consisted almost entirely ofmeat—the fleet-footed deer and wildturkey—and fish from the little troutstreams. Sometimes a handful of sweetberries was found, which added zes
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