AN INDIAN STORY OF THE ROBIN.

   

N /o HEN an Indian boy was eleven years old,

ico) he was sent into a forest far away from
“4 his home.

He had to stay there all alone and fast for seven
days and nights.

The Indians thought that at this time a spirit
came into the youth which helped him to become
a great chief and warrior.

The spirit also told the boy what his name ee
be in the tribe.

Once there was a fierce Indian war chief who had
only one son.

The little boy was not strong, but his father loved
him more than anything else on earth.

When this boy was eleven years old, the chief
went out into the forest and built a small lodge for
him to stay in.

In it he placed a mat of reeds which his Ce
squaw had woven with great care.

By the side of the mat he laid a bow, some
arrows and his own great tomahawk. —

Next he painted pictures upon the trees along the
path leading from the wigwam to the lodge.