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  YELLOW THUNDER

  Our Little Indian Cousin

  THE

  Little Cousin Series

  (TRADE MARK)

  Each volume illustrated with six or more full-page plates in tint. Cloth, 12mo, with decorative cover, per volume, 60 cents

  LIST OF TITLES BY MARY HAZELTON WADE (unless otherwise indicated)

  =Our Little African Cousin=

  =Our Little Alaskan Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Arabian Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little Armenian Cousin=

  =Our Little Australian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Brazilian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Brown Cousin=

  =Our Little Canadian Cousin= By Elizabeth R. MacDonald

  =Our Little Chinese Cousin= By Isaac Taylor Headland

  =Our Little Cuban Cousin=

  =Our Little Dutch Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little Egyptian Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little English Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little Eskimo Cousin=

  =Our Little French Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little German Cousin=

  =Our Little Greek Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Hawaiian Cousin=

  =Our Little Hindu Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little Hungarian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Indian Cousin=

  =Our Little Irish Cousin=

  =Our Little Italian Cousin=

  =Our Little Japanese Cousin=

  =Our Little Jewish Cousin=

  =Our Little Korean Cousin= By H. Lee M. Pike

  =Our Little Mexican Cousin= By Edward C. Butler

  =Our Little Norwegian Cousin=

  =Our Little Panama Cousin= By H. Lee M. Pike

  =Our Little Persian Cousin= By E. C. Shedd

  =Our Little Philippine Cousin=

  =Our Little Porto Rican Cousin=

  =Our Little Russian Cousin=

  =Our Little Scotch Cousin= By Blanche McManus

  =Our Little Siamese Cousin=

  =Our Little Spanish Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

  =Our Little Swedish Cousin= By Claire M. Coburn

  =Our Little Swiss Cousin=

  =Our Little Turkish Cousin=

  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building, Boston, Mass.

  YELLOW THUNDER.]

  YELLOW THUNDER Our Little Indian Cousin

  By Mary Hazelton Wade

  _Illustrated by_ L. J. Bridgman

  Boston L. C. Page & Company _PUBLISHERS_

  _Copyright, 1901_ BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)

  _All rights reserved_

  Twelfth Impression, March, 1909 Thirteenth Impression, June, 1910

  Preface

  ONCE upon a time, as you doubtless know, there were no white people inthe Western world. In those days our Indian cousins were free to wanderwherever they wished, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

  Some of them had their homes on the great plains, where herds of wildbuffaloes supplied them with food and clothing. Others dwelt by theshores of lakes and rivers. Whenever they wished a change, they movedtheir camps from one spot to another. They had little to fear except theattacks of unfriendly tribes of their own race.

  When the white men, with their greater skill and knowledge, came toAmerica, many troubles began for our red cousins. These troubles weresuch as they had never known before. They were driven away from thehomes that were so dear to them. Great numbers were killed. Strongdrink, given to them by the white strangers, was the ruin of thousands.Still others died from sickness and want.

  The people whom we have called Indians ever since Columbus gave themthat name now think with sadness of the old free and happy days beforethe white traders gave them beads and blankets in exchange for largetracts of land.

  There were then no roads, no cities, no stores or factories in all thisvast continent, and yet our red cousins were freer and happier than theycan ever hope to be again.

  MALDEN, MASS., _May, 1904_.