Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. LRl {\WAUBUH-NING=GOO ILITTLE SNOW-BIRD/! | QUTSIDEY WANT T0 ! | SPEAK,T0,.X0UY | 2y /————-—————J NOKOMIS SHOWED ME HOVY TO MAKE GORN GAKE1) LWiILL WE BAKE IT IN THE SEE) ' (KAYGET-YES THAT BEST WAY! owling Bird and Fanny Yellow Hair thought they would try something special in the way of cooking in use. Yellow Hair had often helped Nokomis make Indian bread—a kind of cornmeal cake baked in the could bake some herseli. So Growling Bird brought a fresh supply of corn and borrowed the wooden ith which to crush the hard grains. Now, in those days, the Indiasis did not have any “grinding” ma- 4 the corn in a “mortar” made by cutting a section from the trunk of a hardwood tree and hollowing A few handfuls of corn were then thrown in the hollow, and another piece of hard wood was used to This utensil called “Poo-tah-gun,” which m [he-hand-mill-for-makis L e e e PSIMEBBE YOU CAN JREEE e RIGHT UNDER SMELL PLACE & ) THE BIG PINE YYHERE PE-NAY IS YWHERE WE [4 15 BURfE 2 AV PARTRIDGE | Copyright, 1907, by The North American Company. As soon as Growling Bird hear what had befallen bis fricng Peenay, the Partridge, he scized his snow shovel and cried> Mah-jah-dab, dush!”—"Come! Let us start!” Off theyran on top of the hard snow crust. Snowbird perched himself w Hair's hand, and, as they went along, began 1o tell her the legend of the Snowbird' Pople. g 2go. in the Be; ng of Things,” said Snowbird, “.ny ancestors belonged to the Finch family. There are many t branches to our family tree, but I am descended from the Gray Finches. Once. when Necbin, the Summer, had gone Pe-boan, the Winter, came out of his ice-cave in the North and roamed all over the land. - He carried a bag of skin in which he kept Koon, the Snow Spirit, who yas always trying to get out to breathe the fresh aiarid ook around. CORN_CAKE W/ILL BE DONE, { MEBBE, f 7 WE'LL GIVE PARTRIDGE AND THE LITTLE WHITE BIRDS ALL THEY CAN EAT, WON'T WE? 4 1 HAVEN'T EATEN FoR - THREE DAY.S AND NIGHTs! Partridge was mighty glad to be rescued, and told the children on the way back.to the Snow Ladge hosw he happened to get into such a fix. “The other evening,” said Pe-nay, “I was going to sleep among the branches of a big pine tree, when I thought 1 heard an old hooting! Owl can see in the dark, and I was afraid he'd find me before morning and EAT me! So I folded my wings tight and dropped straight down, plump, into a big snowdrift. I knew Owl couldn't see me there, and went to sleep quite comfortably. It bad thawed during the day, but at might the wind blew cold and a hard crust formed. - When I voke up I knew 3 vas morring, but. although I pecked and pecked away at the hard crust, 1 couldn’t break through. I'must have nowhird hadn't heard me. I'mso giad you came.” said Partridge, “because I'M TERRIBLY HUNGRY I 22RO RA VA B e BN (THIS 1S FINE JLAND WARM! GRUST AND CAN'T (75 QuT! O, LOOK AT THE YVHITE BIRDS" YVARMING THEMSELVES - AT OUR CHIMNEY ! el ffW///////,,// Waile Growling Bird pounded the com in the “Poo-tah-gun" Yellow Hai mixéd water and aalt with the meal and kneaded §¢ on a fat board. While they were working away Aundak suddenly cocked his hedd andlistened. '“1 hear birds chirping!” he said. “Surely it can't be spring!” Just then Mukoons, the Little Black Bear, popped his head through the entrance an “Hey, there, Growling Bird! There's a little white bird on the roof who wants to speak €0 you!” The children ran outs once to sce what he wanted. Gathered around the chimney of their Snow House was a small flock of little white birds warniing themselves. They were “Snowbirds,” and Waubuh-niii-goo-se. heir chief, hopped forward and chirped: “Your friend. Peenay he Pacicidg v crust! Won't you please bring your snow shovel and dig him oup? THOW, PE-NAY! YOI ALL RIGHT | PRETTY SQON! % (FooR PARTAIDOE ! B MUST BE ALMOST Z JCAW! CAWW! \ LOOK OUT YVHERE | 7 2|YOU ARE. THROWING ¢ LTHAT SNowv!!: x B i 3 Z B Z AT ; Ta oSl > “When Pe-boan at last let him out hé amused himealf blowing his breath, like a cloud of steam, away up into the sky. Soon . !(Mv_py-dm. the North Wind, came owling around and froze Koen's breath into millions of little white snowfakes. Mogt of the birds when they saw this fiew. away to the South—to find Neebin, the Summer. - But Owl and Partridge—and a few others —_suyed behind. - My ancestor, the Gray Finch, was so frightened that he flew right'into the open mouth of the bag of Reindeer skin. Then Koon quickly made friends with the little bird, and, breathing on him, tirned his plumage to a beautiful White! He mamed him ‘Waubuh-nin-goo-se.” the Snowbird. "'And ever since our people and Koon have been the best of friends®” In a little while the children came to the placs where Partiidge was imprisoried and dug him out in a jiffy! e UMBAY, NEEJE! — 4 PRETTY_SNOW BIAD: 8 GOME, ‘MY BROTHER{ X ToALL GOME EAT YVITH PE-NAY! szsNu ON T0 AUNDAK NO GET JEALOUS, MEBB] ; 1] V! GAVV! SOkt GALNEs OVER SUCH 4 STUPID BIRDS! CATCH %fi . GETTING STUCK|/ UNDER A LITTLE | BIT OF SNOW = RUST WHY DOESN'T .YOUR . e ————————————— A h they got back to the Snow Lodge they invited all the other snowbizds inside to get something to eat. (They bhad e e o g g dmmwdmnmq‘wmxzuf' Fape R =0T ‘Some cold winter day you may see a flock of the litile white snowbirds flisting abouta1dif - Afllfl!fi’l‘ hear them chirping: “Pee-depo! Pee-depo M—which, i their Janguage, means “THERE, 'msmmmfl c“m"‘:, 'ngounyg«mmmuay,h-wiemqi}-;w,xa:um‘1 e i :