BOOK LEGENDS TOLD BY THE OLD PEOPLE OF MANY TRIBES

Adolf Hungrywolf

In the old day the often-long season of winter was time spent mostly indoors around a central fire place, whether the home was a tipi an earth lodge, a brush lodge, or an igloo the men were often gone hunting raiding or taking care of the horses the women were kept busy cooking, sewing and hauling wood and water. So, it was often left for the old people in the home grandfather or an old aunt to watch the children and entertain them they played games, learned songs, and practiced skills that the parents were busy doing. But, as with children every where, the favorite pastime was listening to the old one’s stories real or imaginary.