Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire, credited to Frank Linderman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire, by Frank Linderman. Read by Sacha Chander. Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." (Summary by Dover Children's Classics)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
• Author credits: Frank Linderman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 3:13:47

Catalogue topics

• ancient texts
• animals
• short stories
• american indian
• indian
• campfire stories
• myths
• animism

Track guide

1. 00 - Dedication, Preface, Introduction, Contents — 8:37
2. 01 - Why the chipmunk's back is striped — 13:32
3. 02 - How the ducks got their fine feathers — 6:53
4. 03 - Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet — 7:03
5. 04 - Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked — 6:44
6. 05 - Old-man remarks the world — 14:49
7. 06 - Why Blackfeet never kill mice — 7:17
8. 07 - How the otter skin became great medicine — 14:21
9. 08 - Old-man steals the sun's leggings — 11:31
10. 09 - Old-man and his conscience — 10:10
11. 10 - Old-man's treachery — 8:28
12. 11 - Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful — 6:57
13. 12 - Why the mountain-lion is long and lean — 13:29
14. 13 - The fire-leggings — 5:40
15. 14 - The moon and the great snake — 4:40
16. 15 - Why the deer has no gall — 5:50
17. 16 - Why indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes — 6:36
18. 17 - Old-man and the fox — 11:34
19. 18 - Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark — 5:54
20. 19 - Mistakes of old-man — 3:20
21. 20 - How the man found his mate — 6:51
22. 21 - Dreams — 9:31
23. 22 - Retrospection — 4:12

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