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Running Fox
New York, London, D. Appleton and Co. Publication 1918 Indians of North America This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
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First published January 2, 2010
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November 12, 2020
This is a just a good story, well told. And has cultural and historical meaning. A splendid human drama. Perhaps it is more suitable for teenagers, or all the family!?
April 19, 2019
A young warrior of the Delaware tribe, the son of the chief, takes on a quest to go into the camp of the Mohawks and discover the secret behind the strong medicine of their arch enemy, Standing Wolf.
Before he headss out, Running Fox calls on the good medicine of his own people, starving himself and praying for Getanittowit, the Great One, to guide his steps. He sees a vision of various Medicine People, animals who talk and set tasks of him.
Flat, the wooden dialogue, the plot consisted almost most entirely of his companion Spotted Deer getting everything wrong and having to be corrected by Running Fox, yet I still enjoyed it because of the animal life, e.g.,
'A short time afterward they saw a small light flash across their path. A moment later it appeared at one side of them. Spotted Deer stopped.
“It is only Sasappis, the fire-fly,” whispered Running Fox.
“He is carrying his torch to frighten the witches out of the woods,” declared Spotted Deer. “My mother has told me about him. We must be careful not to harm him.”
The very names of the animals were so good I decided to make a note of them:
Achtu, the deer
Gokhus, the owl
Machque, the bear
Maschilamek, the trout
Moskimus, the rabbit
Nianque, the lynx
Quenischquney, the panther
Sanquen, the weasel
Winingus, the mink
Wisawanik, the squirrel
Wischalowe, the rattlesnake
Woakus, the fox
We should go back to those names!
Before he headss out, Running Fox calls on the good medicine of his own people, starving himself and praying for Getanittowit, the Great One, to guide his steps. He sees a vision of various Medicine People, animals who talk and set tasks of him.
Flat, the wooden dialogue, the plot consisted almost most entirely of his companion Spotted Deer getting everything wrong and having to be corrected by Running Fox, yet I still enjoyed it because of the animal life, e.g.,
'A short time afterward they saw a small light flash across their path. A moment later it appeared at one side of them. Spotted Deer stopped.
“It is only Sasappis, the fire-fly,” whispered Running Fox.
“He is carrying his torch to frighten the witches out of the woods,” declared Spotted Deer. “My mother has told me about him. We must be careful not to harm him.”
The very names of the animals were so good I decided to make a note of them:
Achtu, the deer
Gokhus, the owl
Machque, the bear
Maschilamek, the trout
Moskimus, the rabbit
Nianque, the lynx
Quenischquney, the panther
Sanquen, the weasel
Winingus, the mink
Wisawanik, the squirrel
Wischalowe, the rattlesnake
Woakus, the fox
We should go back to those names!
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