“Then she said, “When the sun sets, take me by the hair and drag me over the burned ground.” . He did not like to do this, but she told him that wherever he dragged her something like grass would spring up, and he would see her hair coming from be- tween the leaves; then the seeds would be ready for his use. He did as she said, and to this day, when they see the silk (hair) on the cornstalk, the Indians know she has not forgotten them.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 23 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan