Mewanee, the Little Indian Boy

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Mewanee, the Little Indian Boy

by Belle Wiley

EN·~43 minutes·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

Transcriber’s Note:

0:06

MEWANEE THE LITTLE INDIAN BOY

0:35

I THE PEOPLE

5:21

II THE HOME

3:19

III THE HUNT

4:18

IV THE ENEMY

3:28

V THE FRIENDLY TRIBE

3:50

VI THE COUNCIL

6:27

VII IN THE FOREST

6:46

VIII THE SACRIFICE

4:14

Description

In a deep North American forest, a young boy named Mewanee lives with his family and the tribe his father leads. The story gently shows his everyday life—helping his mother in the cornfield, watching his baby brother swing in a bark cradle, and moving through a world where birds, squirrels, and even hares seem to understand his voice. The vivid setting paints a picture of a close‑knit community bound to the land and its rhythms.

One bright morning Mewanee dashes after a playful hare, his feet as swift as the wind, forgetting his brother for a moment before he remembers and rushes back. The chase leads him to climb a towering cedar, where he comforts his crying sibling and shares nuts with curious squirrels, highlighting the deep bond between the brothers. As the day ends and their mother returns from the fields, listeners are left with a sense of wonder about the adventures that await in the forest.

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Language

en

Duration

~43 minutes (42K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

Aug 15, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

BW

Belle Wiley

These early 20th-century children's books invite young readers into imagined prehistoric worlds, from cliff dwellers to lake dwellers and tree-dweller children. Though little biographical information survives about the writer, the stories still stand out for their sense of adventure and curiosity about the distant past.

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