When the snows of winter lay deep upon the forests of the North, when ice covered lakes and rivers, then the story tellers of the Ojibwas, as of all other Indian tribes, told the tales of the olden times, when manitoes lived upon the earth and when the animal fathers roamed through the forest. Such stories are not told in summer. All the woods and shores, all the bays and islands, are, in summer, the home of keen hearing spirits, who like not to have Indians talking about them. This volume contains a variety of myths and legends from such Indian tribes as the Winnebago, Chitimacha, Wyandot, Biloxi, Ojibawa, Mandan, Menomini, Cherokee, Sioux, Knisteneaux, Choctaw, Natchez and Fox.