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Elder and highbush cranberry stems are used by boys in the making of popguns. The wadding used in these guns is pith or thistledown. Chippewa youths make little whistles out of wild onion stems. The stems are allowed to dry a little and a hole is cut in their sides. The whistling is produced by blowing across their ends. Oneida boys used these stems as pea-shooters for blowing missiles consisting of small .seeds. Pop guns and bean-shooters are made by the children of other Western tribes. Some Winnebago youth were warned by their elders not to muti¬ late the horsetail lest the snakes should come. Some, however, played with the giant horsetail, using it as whips or pretended fish- poles. Zuni and Hopi boys also make pea-shooters from hollow plant stems. Dakota Indian boys played a "cactus game" with the low cactus plants which grow on the hilltops. A boy who was a good runner would impale a cactus plant on a stick. This he held out for other boys to shoot at with bows and arrows. When a boy hit the plant the holder would run after him and strike him with the cactus. Omaha children play a game of jackstraws with stems of prairie joint grass. These are dropped in a little heap. The players in turn try to remove the grass stems with another stem without dis¬ turbing the heap. The boys of this tribe use sunflower stalks as hobby horses. The blossom represents the head of the horse. Often they ride one stalk and trail one or two others behind. These latter are "spare horses." Ponca boys sometimes use large sunflowers as targets in archery contests. To make arrows for their toy bows Plains Indian boys take the stiff' stems of wild grass. A thorn in¬ serted in one end served as a point. Iroquois girls make toy ham¬ mocks out of bunches of grass stems. Wisconsin Indian children construct a little circle out of grass. This is attached by a piece of twine to the blunt end of a little pointed wooden pin. The ring is tossed up and the player tries to catch it on the pin. A little bundle of grass is sometimes used in¬ stead of a ring. In playing the game of battledore and shuttlecock Zuni youth construct the latter of ribboned cornhusks fashioned into little pads. These are ornamented on top with small feathers which stand up¬ right. On the Plains, Indian children gather chewing gum from the stem of the compass plant. The cottony fruits of the cottonwood are also chewed. The green and unopened fruits are used as beads and pendants in play. 5
Object Description
Page Title | Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945 |
Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Creation Date | 1921-1945 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
Digital Identifier | TP423000 |
Description |
Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.
The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order: Native American Folklore: Indian Folk Lore (1921), Moccasin Tales (1935), Birchbark Tales (1941), Lake Mendota Indian Legends (1927), Indian Flower Toys and Games (1931), Lake Mendota: Prehistory, History and Legends (1933), Winabozho, Hero-God of the Indians of the Old Northwest (1944), Indian Star Lore (1930), Wigwam Tales (1930) Lumbering and Logging: Paul Bunyan Tales (1922; revised editions, 1927 and 1929), Paul Bunyan and Tony Beaver Tales (1930), Paul Bunyan, American Hercules (1937), Paul Bunyan Classics (1945), Paul Bunyan Natural History (1935), Flapjacks from Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty (1941), Brimstone Bill (1942), Johnny Inkslinger (1944), Bunyan Bunkhouse Yarns (1945), Shanty Boy (1945), Ole Olson (1945), Sourdough Sam (1945) Other Wisconsin & American Folklore: Ghost Tales (1931), The Ridgeway Ghost (1943), "Cousin Jack" Stories (1940; Cornish folklore), Prairie Stories (1934), Whiskey Jack Yarns (1940; river rafting folklore), Old Man River (1940), Sea Serpents (1942), Bluenose Brainerd Stories (1943), Bear Tales (1944), Ben Hooper Tales (1944), Hermits (1945), Lost Treasure Tales (1945), Flower Toys and Games (1923), Insect Lore (1929), Cowboy Tales (1929), Little Stories about George Washington (1932), Gems: Magic, Mystery and Myths of Precious Stones (1932), Old Stormalong Yarns (1933), Cloud Lore (1935), Gypsy Lore (1935), Flower Lore (1938), The Trees of the Campus (1925), Wisconsin Indians (1933), French Pathfinders of Wisconsin (1934) |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Use the bibliographic data on the cover or title page of each individual pamphlet, concluding with the phrase Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
Document Number | TP423 |
Size | 46 items ; 19-28 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection |
Genre | pamphlet; |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Sub-Topic | Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products; |
Art | Folklore |
Education | University of Wisconsin |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 5 |
Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Creation Date | 1931 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
Digital Identifier | TP423035 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 8 p. ; 19 cm. |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
Owner Object ID | 74- 4990 |
Genre | pamphlet; |
Full Text | Elder and highbush cranberry stems are used by boys in the making of popguns. The wadding used in these guns is pith or thistledown. Chippewa youths make little whistles out of wild onion stems. The stems are allowed to dry a little and a hole is cut in their sides. The whistling is produced by blowing across their ends. Oneida boys used these stems as pea-shooters for blowing missiles consisting of small .seeds. Pop guns and bean-shooters are made by the children of other Western tribes. Some Winnebago youth were warned by their elders not to muti¬ late the horsetail lest the snakes should come. Some, however, played with the giant horsetail, using it as whips or pretended fish- poles. Zuni and Hopi boys also make pea-shooters from hollow plant stems. Dakota Indian boys played a "cactus game" with the low cactus plants which grow on the hilltops. A boy who was a good runner would impale a cactus plant on a stick. This he held out for other boys to shoot at with bows and arrows. When a boy hit the plant the holder would run after him and strike him with the cactus. Omaha children play a game of jackstraws with stems of prairie joint grass. These are dropped in a little heap. The players in turn try to remove the grass stems with another stem without dis¬ turbing the heap. The boys of this tribe use sunflower stalks as hobby horses. The blossom represents the head of the horse. Often they ride one stalk and trail one or two others behind. These latter are "spare horses." Ponca boys sometimes use large sunflowers as targets in archery contests. To make arrows for their toy bows Plains Indian boys take the stiff' stems of wild grass. A thorn in¬ serted in one end served as a point. Iroquois girls make toy ham¬ mocks out of bunches of grass stems. Wisconsin Indian children construct a little circle out of grass. This is attached by a piece of twine to the blunt end of a little pointed wooden pin. The ring is tossed up and the player tries to catch it on the pin. A little bundle of grass is sometimes used in¬ stead of a ring. In playing the game of battledore and shuttlecock Zuni youth construct the latter of ribboned cornhusks fashioned into little pads. These are ornamented on top with small feathers which stand up¬ right. On the Plains, Indian children gather chewing gum from the stem of the compass plant. The cottony fruits of the cottonwood are also chewed. The green and unopened fruits are used as beads and pendants in play. 5 |
Type | Text |