North American Indians (Myths and Legends Series)

xii, 392 pp. With illustrations from drawings and famous paintings. A fascinating brief history of the tribes, their culture and beliefs, prefaces the stories that the Algonquins, the Iroquois, Sioux, Pawnees and others loved to hear. There is also a useful glossary to guide the reader through the tales, for many of the stories existed in a variety of different forms. A map illustrates the distribution of the tribes, and there are 36 illustrations of the characters and events described in the myths.--jacket