Woodland Tales
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Ernest Thompson Seton (August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was an author (published in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the US), wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America) and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and the Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the appropriation and incorporation of what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA...
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- WOODLAND TALES
- ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THINGS TO SEE IN SPRINGTIME
- Things to See in Springtime
- TALE 1 Blue-eyes, the Snow Child, or The Story of Hepatica
- TALE 2 The Story of the White Dawnsinger or How the Bloodroot Came
- TALE 3 The Prairie-girl with Yellow Hair
- TALE 4 The Cat's-eye Toad, a Child of Maka Ina
- TALE 5 How the Bluebird Came
- TALE 6 Robin, the Bird that Loves to Make Clay Pots
- FOOTNOTE:
- TALE 7 Brook Brownie, or How the Song Sparrow Got His Streaks
- TALE 8 Diablo and the Dogwood
- TALE 9 The Woolly-bear
- TALE 10 How the Violets Came
- TALE 11 Cocoons
- TALE 12 Butterflies and Moths
- TALE 13 The Mourning-cloak Butterfly, or the Camberwell Beauty
- TALE 14 The Wandering Monarch
- TALE 15 The Bells of the Solomon Seal
- TALE 16 The Silver Bells of the False Solomon Seal
- THINGS TO SEE IN SUMMERTIME
- Things to See in Summertime
- TALE 17 How the Mouse-bird Made Fun of the Brownie
- TALE 18 The Pot-herb that Sailed with the Pilgrims
- TALE 19 How the Red Clover Got the White Mark on Its Leaves
- TALE 20 The Shamrock and Her Three Sisters
- TALE 21 The Indian Basket-maker
- TALE 22 Crinkleroot; or Who Hid the Salad?
- TALE 23 The Mecha-meck
- TALE 24 Dutchman's Breeches
- TALE 25 The Seven Sour Sisters
- TALE 26 Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass
- TALE 27 The Four Butterflies You See Every Summer
- TALE 28 The Beautiful Poison Caterpillar
- TALE 29 The Great Splendid Silk-Moth or Samia Cecropia
- TALE 30 The Green Fairy with the Long Train
- TALE 31 The Wicked Hoptoad and the Little Yellow Dragon
- TALE 32 The Fairy Bird or the Humming-bird Moth
- TALE 33 Ribgrass or Whiteman's-Foot
- FOOTNOTE:
- TALE 34 Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- TALE 35 How the Indian Pipe Came
- TALE 36 The Cucumber Under the Brownie's Umbrella
- TALE 37 The Hickory Horn-devil
- THINGS TO SEE IN AUTUMNTIME
- Things to See in Autumntime
- TALE 38 The Purple and Gold of Autumn
- TALE 39 Why the Chicadee Goes Crazy Twice a Year
- TALE 40 The Story of the Quaking Aspen or Poplar
- TALE 41 The Witch-hazel
- TALE 42 How the Shad Came and How the Chestnut Got Its Burrs
- TALE 43 How the Littlest Owl Came
- TALE 44 The Wood-witch and the Bog-nuts
- TALE 45 The Mud-dauber Wasp
- TALE 46 The Cicada and the Katydid
- TALE 47 The Digger Wasp that Killed the Cicada
- TALE 48 How the Indian Summer Came
- THINGS TO SEE IN WINTERTIME
- Things to See in Wintertime
- TALE 49 The North Star, or the Home Star
- TALE 50 The Pappoose on the Squaw's Back
- TALE 51 Orion the Hunter, and His Fight With the Bull
- TALE 52 The Pleiades, that Orion Fired at the Bull
- TALE 53 The Twin Stars
- TALE 54 Stoutheart and His Black Cravat
- TALE 55 Tracks, and the Stories They Tell
- TALE 56 A Rabbit's Story of His Life, Written by Himself
- TALE 57 The Singing Hawk
- TALE 58 The Fingerboard Goldenrod
- TALE 59 Woodchuck Day, February Second Sixth Secret of the Woods
- THINGS TO KNOW
- Things to Know
- TALE 60 How the Pine Tree Tells Its Own Story
- FOOTNOTE:
- TALE 61 Blazes
- TALE 62 Totems[D]
- FOOTNOTE:
- TALE 63 Symbols
- TALE 64 Sign Language
- TALE 65 The Language of Hens
- TALE 66 Why the Squirrel Wears a Bushy Tail
- TALE 67 Why a Dog Wags His Tail
- TALE 68 Why the Dog Turns Around Three Times Before Lying Down
- TALE 69 The Deathcup of Diablo
- TALE 70 Poison Ivy or the Three-Fingered Demon of the Woods
- TALE 71 The Medicine in the Sky
- TALE 72 The Angel of the Night
- THINGS TO DO
- Things to Do
- TALE 73 Bird-nesting in Winter
- TALE 74 The Ox-eye Daisy or Marguerite
- TALE 75 A Monkey-hunt
- TALE 76 The Horsetail and the Jungle
- TALE 77 The Woods in Winter
- TALE 78 The Fish and the Pond
- TALE 79 Smoke Prints of Leaves
- TALE 80 Bird-boxes
- TALE 81 A Hunter's Lamp
- TALE 82 The Coon Hunt
- TALE 83 The Indian Pot
- TALE 84 Snowflakes, the Sixfold Gems of Snowroba
- Are You Alive?
- TALE 85 Farsight
- TALE 86 Quicksight
- TALE 87 Hearing
- TALE 88 Feeling
- TALE 89 Quickness
- TALE 90 Guessing Length
- TALE 91 Aim or Limb-control
- TALE 92 A Treasure Hunt
- TALE 93 Moving Pictures
- TALE 94 A Natural Autograph Album
- TALE 95 The Crooked Stick
- TALE 96 The Animal Dance of Nana-bo-jou
- TALE 97 The Caribou Dance
- TALE 98 The Council Robe
- THINGS TO REMEMBER
- Things to Remember
- TALE 99 How the Wren Became King of the Birds
- TALE 100 The Snowstorm
- TALE 101 The Fairy Lamps
- TALE 102 The Sweetest Sad Song in the Woods
- TALE 103 Springtime, or the Wedding of Maka Ina and El Sol
- TALE 104 Running the Council
- TALE 105 The Sandpainting of the Fire
- TALE 106 The Woodcraft Kalendar
- TALE 107 Climbing the Mountain
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