Search Results: myths and legends of the sioux by mclaughlin mari l

Bismarck, N.D.: Bismarck Tribune Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 200 pages, frontis, illustrations, upper spine worn, a couple small wrinkles on spine, bookplate, jacket has wear to upper spine, minor wear and soiling. The author was ¼ Sioux. She was married to James McLaughlin and accompanied him to Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, then Dakota Territory where they remained for 10 years. They were later transferred to the Standing Rock on the Missouri River in 1881..

Bismarck, N.D.: Bismarck Tribune Company, 1916. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 200 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author; black & whtie illustrations. Grey cloth with color design of a Sioux chief in war bonnet on upper front and bleck lettering in publisher's grey dustjacket with the same design. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (slight darkening to covers; minor wear to extremities). The author was born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother and heard many Sioux stories groing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. She served as an interpreter for her husband, James McLauglin, when he was head of the Devils Lake and Standing Rock agencies and an inspector for the Indian Bureau. The legends include 38 stories rich in humor, animal lore, otherworldly encounters, and famous legends such as those featuring Unktomi (Spider) and the Stone Boy.