Reading Notes: American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned, Part A

Iagoo, the Story Teller: This story was a great read and had a great intro that made me gain interest in the core of the story. It talks about Iagoo an Indian man who knew everything about the nature and spent his time discovering everything. He can understand everyone, from humans to animals, the forest was his home. However, besides his hidden talent, he was a great story teller. When winter time came, he would hide in the wigwam because of the freezing cold of the North Pole. Then, he would start telling stories to the little kids around him that always love his stories.

Iagoo telling stories to the children. Web Source

Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind: After reading about the character Iagoo and his storytelling ability I was interested in hearing some of the stories he had told the children. This story was about the wind since iut was winter and the children were scared of the cold outside. Winter and Ka-bib-on-okka which meant the North wind were the fears of the children. Fishermen also feared the freezing Ka-bib-on-okkka since it was so cold that it can freeze anything. One day all the fisherman were out to get their nets back and noticed that the water has turned into a thin layer of ice. Therefore, they all knew that Ka-bib-on-okka was coming very soon and that they all had to leave. However, all of them were scared except one fisherman, Shin-ge-bis who never feared anything. He told them that the North Wind will never scare him because he has a fur coat that can withstand any cold and as for the ice layer, he can just fish through it. This story continues after to talk more about Sin-ge-bis facing the North Wind. It was a long night for Shin-ge-bis as he started a fire in his Wigwam to get ready to face the North Wind. As it came, the North Wind froze everything on its path and tried to enter the Wigwam many times but it was too hot and it could not do anything. So the North Wind challenged the Shin-ge-bis to come outside his wigwam in order to fight like a man. He felt that he was able to as he was hot enough and felt the North Wind was already weakened. He went out and by the time the Sun came he had already won. This is a great story to rewrite I believe as so much more mystery and drama can be added to it.