The Flute of the Gods

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Flute of the Gods, byMarah Ellis Ryan, Illustrated by Edward S. CurtisThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Flute of the GodsAuthor: Marah Ellis RyanRelease Date: September 28, 2009 [eBook #30125]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FLUTE OF THE GODS*** E-text prepared by Roger Frankand the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) Transcriber’s NoteIn this text, some place and personal names were printed with a macron over a vowel or vowels. These are shown in thistext as follows. For example [=a] means a macron appeared over the letter “a” in the text, as in K[=a]-ye-fah. S[=aa]-hanh-que-ah indicates a single macron appeared over two consecutive “a” characters in the name. “By the Arrow I Have Said It!” Page 120THE FLUTEOF THE GODSByM A R A H E L L I S R Y A NAuthor of “Told in the Hills”“Indian Love Letters,” “TheSoul of Rafael,” etc., etc.Illustrated byEDWARD S. CURTISemblemNEW YORKFREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANYPUBLISHERSCopyright, 1909By Frederick A. Stokes CompanyAll rights reservedSeptember, 1909THE FLUTE OF THE GODSPREFACEIn romances of the aborigines of the so-called New World there is ...