Creek (Muskogee) texts /Mary R. Haas and James H. Hill ; edited and translated by Jack B. Martin, Margaret McKane Mauldin, and Juanita McGirt.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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When Mary R. Haas died in 1996, she left behind several thousand pages of notes and texts in the Creek (Muskogee) language collected in Oklahoma from 1936 to 1940. The majority of the texts come from the unpublished writings of James H. Hill of Eufaula, an especially knowledgeable elder who composed texts for Dr. Haas using the standard Creek alphabet. Twelve other speakers served as sources for dictated texts.

Cover -- CREEK (MUSKOGEE) TEXTS -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Texts by J. Hill -- Autobiography -- [The Civil War] -- The Effect of the Civil War on the Indians -- The Coming of the White Man -- Creek Chiefs Known by J. Hill -- The Town of Hilabi -- Description of Hilabi Round House -- All about the Names of the Towns -- Resolutions Presented at Henryetta February 27, 1941 -- Notes on the Ball Game -- The Inter-Town Ball Game -- Match-Game Between Hilabi and Okfuskee, about 1876 -- A Match-Game Between Hilabi and Pakantalahasi (1905) -- Creek Clans and Kinship -- Story of Aktayahchi and Wotko Clans -- Ways of Preparing Corn -- Preparation of Meat and Hunting and Meat Taboos -- Wild Fruits -- Pottery Making -- How to Make a Bow -- Tanning Hide -- Creek Games -- Various Games -- The Customs of Hunters -- [Hunting a Turkey] -- How to Tame a Fawn -- Story About the Ancients in Olden Times -- The Stars -- Prophets -- Men and Women of Olden Times -- [A Rule for Eating] -- [Do not Stare at a Hawk] -- [When Someone's Ear Rings] -- Advice to Young Men -- Advice to Young Women -- Women's Rules -- Childbirth -- A Short Saying -- [Signs of the Last Days] -- [Dreams] -- Old Time Law -- Scalp-Taking -- The Comanches and the Creeks -- About Creek and Cherokee Towns -- Fiddle-Dance -- About Supernatural Beings -- About the Little People -- The Origin of Corn -- Origin of the Sapiya -- Uses of the Sapiya -- The Origin of Tobacco -- Addendum: Uses of Tobacco -- How Terrapin Got a Cracked Shell -- Ball-Game between the Birds and the Animals -- The Owl and the Dog -- A Catamount Gets Intoxicated -- The Trading Snake -- The Mice Plot Against the Cat -- A Mouse Deceives a Cat -- The Lion and the Frog.

A Strange Catch -- The Fearless Terrapin -- The Fawn and the Wolves -- The Tasks of Rabbit -- Cow Makes a Request of God -- Dog Makes a Request of God -- The Foolish Mule -- The Wise Cat -- The Wise Rooster -- Crow Learns a Lesson -- The Foolish Frog -- Cricket and Mosquito -- Opossum and Raccoon Form a Friendship -- The Revenge of the Snakes -- The Bungling Host -- Rabbit Deceives Some Turkeys -- Rabbit Deceives His Sister-in-Law -- Fox Gets Revenge on Wolf -- Rabbit Deceives Alligator -- Rabbit as a Successful Suitor -- Rabbit Drives His Wife Away -- Rabbit as a Rejected Suitor -- Rabbit Makes Hunting-Medicine -- Rabbit and Man-Eater Hold a Contest -- Rabbit and the Tar-Baby -- Rabbit Deceives Some Gophers -- Opossum Deceives Rabbit -- Bluejay and Towhee Attempt to Kill Rabbit -- The Wise Old Dog -- Story About Alligator, Beaver, Bird Clans -- The Indians Obtain a White Ball From God -- The Unbeliever -- A Rattlesnake Saves a Law-Breaker -- The Creation of Horned Owl -- The Powers of Conjurers -- A Story About a Hunter -- About Opossum -- Birds -- Old-Time Hunters -- A Song -- Christian Songs -- Preacher's Prayer -- Prayer -- A Sermon -- Ghosts -- When I Saw a Ghost -- Texts by T. Marshall -- The Origin of Corn -- The Lion and the Little Girl -- How Deer Fooled Rabbit -- The Race of the Hummingbird and the Crane -- Raccoon Marries Goose -- The White Man Who Used the Conjurers' Medicine -- The Bear and the Alligator -- The Tasks of Rabbit -- Rabbit and the Tie-Snake -- How Rabbit Fooled a White Man -- Texts by A.E. Raiford -- The Story of Raiford's Father -- Poisoning Fish -- About the Customs of Conjurers -- A White Interpreter's Error -- Rabbit and the Tar-Baby -- The Turtle in the Rain -- The Horse Factory -- The Preacher's Revenge -- Anecdotes -- Texts by I. Field -- A Note on Creek Leaders.

Belief about the ihosá· -- A Visit of the Shawnee -- How a Chief Used to Talk to his Citizens -- Old-Time Creek Activities -- The Boy Who Turned Into a Snake -- The Orphan Boy Who Became Thunder -- Texts by D. Starr -- The Origin of Corn -- The Origin of Tobacco -- Flood Story -- Texts by J. Bell -- The Last Ball Game of the Kasihtas -- The Kasihtas Mock the Shawnees -- Rabbit Deceives His Mother-in-Law -- Texts by W. Tanyan -- Rabbit Deceives Wolf -- The Bungling Host -- Ritual Speech -- Texts by E. Gouge -- A Note on Hilabi Town -- Ball Game Agreement -- An Okchai Ball Game -- Texts by A. Sulphur -- A Ball Game Challenge -- Note on the Ball-Game -- Oyokofki Town -- Texts by D. Cook -- [Square Ground Rules] -- Bat and the Ball Game -- Texts by J. Bullet -- About the Loyal Creeks -- Texts by Paskofa -- [Origin of the Spokokaki] -- Texts by A. Grayson -- The Wise Old Dog -- Texts Collected by V. Riste -- Curing the Back-ache -- The Singing River -- Rabbit Deceives Alligator -- Rabbit and the Tie-Snakes -- Editors' Endnotes.