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AMERICAN INDIAN CLOUD TALES
A giant being swallows clouds. He eats them one after the other. Thus the country is deprived of needful rains. Great heat and drought follow the disappearance of the clouds. The growing crops, lacking moisture, wither and are destroyed and men, women, children and animals starve and die for want of food. A brave Indian shoots the giant and saves the lives of the people that remain. (Southwest)..
THE MANITOU SMOKES
The cottony white clouds, which we often see floating in the sky on a fair summer day, are puffs of smoke from the great pipe or calumet of the Manitou. Seated on a large rock, hill or mountain he draws contentedly at the mouth of his long pipestem. The smoke arises to the sky from its kinik- innik-fiUed pipe bowl and from his mouth. He is thinking of his Indian children and of their happiness. (Ojibwa).
GREAT THUNDER
Great Thunder and his sons live above the sky cloud plain. The lightning and the rainbow are their beautiful robes. Med¬ icine men pray to the thunder. There are other Thunders, who live in the mountains. These build invisible bridges from one to the other. They are always plotting mischief. One must never point at the rainbow. (Cherokee).
THE CARIBS COME
The Caribs of Guiana have a beHef that man reached the earth from Cloud Land. The clouds, having brought him down to the earth ascended, leaving him behind. Being hungry, the first men were obliged to eat earth, which they baked. They followed the birds and the beasts to see what berries and roots they ate. These they tasted and found good and nourishing. So they learned to help themselves. They never returned to the Cloud Country.
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 6 |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946; |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | C.E. Brown |
| Source Creation Date | 1935 |
| 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 | TP423390 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 8 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 74- 4976 |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| Full Text | AMERICAN INDIAN CLOUD TALES A giant being swallows clouds. He eats them one after the other. Thus the country is deprived of needful rains. Great heat and drought follow the disappearance of the clouds. The growing crops, lacking moisture, wither and are destroyed and men, women, children and animals starve and die for want of food. A brave Indian shoots the giant and saves the lives of the people that remain. (Southwest).. THE MANITOU SMOKES The cottony white clouds, which we often see floating in the sky on a fair summer day, are puffs of smoke from the great pipe or calumet of the Manitou. Seated on a large rock, hill or mountain he draws contentedly at the mouth of his long pipestem. The smoke arises to the sky from its kinik- innik-fiUed pipe bowl and from his mouth. He is thinking of his Indian children and of their happiness. (Ojibwa). GREAT THUNDER Great Thunder and his sons live above the sky cloud plain. The lightning and the rainbow are their beautiful robes. Med¬ icine men pray to the thunder. There are other Thunders, who live in the mountains. These build invisible bridges from one to the other. They are always plotting mischief. One must never point at the rainbow. (Cherokee). THE CARIBS COME The Caribs of Guiana have a beHef that man reached the earth from Cloud Land. The clouds, having brought him down to the earth ascended, leaving him behind. Being hungry, the first men were obliged to eat earth, which they baked. They followed the birds and the beasts to see what berries and roots they ate. These they tasted and found good and nourishing. So they learned to help themselves. They never returned to the Cloud Country. |
| Type | Text |