Muskrat and Skunk: A Lakota Drum Story Mohican as more and more members

as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances

and Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (1918)

a history deeper and more complex than is often told

beginning with his abrupt entry into the mainstream of Anglo-American life in 1873 at the age of fifteen

Muskrat and Skunk: A Lakota Drum Story Mohican as more and more membersEnglish alongside Lakota translation by Agnes Gay. Perfect Reading for Ages Five and Up. Animals stop and listen. A new sound is in the forest. The beat vibrates through the trees and across the meadows. What is it? Where is it coming from? Muskrat and Skunk thump on a hollow log BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Birds begin to dance. Buffalo and Antelope join in. There is a rustle in the bushes; a large shape emerges. The animals scatter. Muskrat and Skunk drum on.