Identifier: lostgiantotheram00higg (find matches)
Title: The lost giant and other American Indian tales retold;
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Higgins, Violet Moore
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Racine : Whitman
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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/^\NCE upon a time, far back in the^~>^ days when the elk, the moose, andthe buffalo roamed over the hills andplains of North America, and little Indian chil-dren could call all the animals by name,there lived among one of the northerntribes a very unhappy little boy namedWasewahto. His mother had been a chieftains 11 12 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES daughter, but she had died when theboy was a mere baby. His father hadtaken another wife, Wapiti—the elk- -so called by reason of her large uglyhead. Wasewahtos father was dead now,too, and the little boy lived alone withhis stepmother, who had no love forhim and treated him very badly. Hewas too small to hunt and fish for hisown food, and often Wapiti refused toshare hers with him, giving him only afew bones to gnaw. One day she rolled up her belong-ings into a bundle and, without a wordto Wasewahto, went away. Two dayspassed without a sign of her return.Then the little boy, hungry and frightened,sat down before his tent and criedbitterly.
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HE SWUNG THE CHILD ALOFT ON HIS SHOULDER 14 AMERICAN INDIAN TALES As lie sat there sobbing and crying hefelt the earth quiver beneath him, andlooking up, he saw through his tears,a giant Indian who towered up to thevery tree tops. Why are you crying? asked the giantin a voice like distant thunder. Because I am all alone, answeredWasewahto. My stepmother has beengone two days and I have no food. You are the stepson of Wapiti?asked the giant. The little boy nodded,and the giant continued: Then she willnever come back—she has gone to an-other tribe. Come home with me. Andhe swung the child aloft on his bigbroad shoulder. Away they went to thegiants wigwam, and there Wasewahtolived happily for many moons. THE LOST GIANT 15 But one night the giant had a dream,in which the spirit of Wasewahtosfather appeared to him, and told him toreturn the boy to his stepmother. Thedream was so vivid that it troubledhim, and he began to break camp thenext morning, and prepare for a march. But when Wasew

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