INDIAN WHY
STORIES

SPARKS FROM WAR EAGLE'S
LODGE-FIRE

FRANK B. LINDERMAN
[CO SKEE SEE CO COT]


I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK TO MY FRIEND
CHARLES M. RUSSELL
THE COWBOY ARTIST
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL
THE INDIAN'S FRIEND

AND TO ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED OLD MONTANA

FOR I HOLD THEM ALL AS KIN
WHO HAVE BUILDED FIRES WHERE NATURE
WEARS NO MAKE-UP ON HER SKIN




PREFACE


THE great Northwest--that wonderful fron-
tier that called to itself a world's hardiest