WALK QUIETLY THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL Lyrics and Legends of the American Indian [SOLD]

WALK QUIETLY THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL Lyrics and Legends of the American Indian

Edited by C. Merton Babcock

With American Indian Art Illustrations

Hallmark Inc. 1973 First edition, hardback with slip cover, 61 pages

Walk Quietly the Beautiful Trail is the Indian’s celebration of himself and his world.  Here are echoes from a wilderness wonderland—rainbow colors reflected in the corn, buffalo roaming on the open prairie, the melodious song of the bluebird as he wakes the sun at dawn.

Text

The text is a compilation of songs, poems and legends from many tribes.

Illustrations

Apache Crown Dance by Allan Houser, 1953, Apache

Father Sky and Mother Earth, Edmund Tracey, Navajo

Indian Horses by Calvin Vigil, Jicarilla Apache

Waayata (Sioux Seer) by Oscar Howe, 1952, Sioux

Harvest Dance, Awa Tsireh, San Ildefonso

Her First Dance by Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara

Buffalo and Deer Dance by Tonita Pena, Cochiti

Sioux Eagle Dancer by Oscar Howe, Sioux

Medicine Bundle Offering by Dick West, Cheyenne

Navajo Patient by Beatien Yazz, Navajo

Shalako and Mudhead by Awa Tsireh, 1920s, San Ildefonso

Peyote Singers by Quayavema, 1940s, Hopi

Choctaw Ball Dancers by Terry Saul, 1951, Choctaw

Pictograph Altar by Joe Herrera, 1952, Cochiti