Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing is a collection of tales and legends from the Zuni people of New Mexico, a culture Cushing was fascinated with. The Trial of Lovers: or the Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather, The Youth and his Eagle, The Poor Turkey Girl, How the Summer Birds Came, The Serpent of the Sea, The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks, The Foster-child of the Deer, and The Boy Hunter who never sacrificed to the Deer he had slain: or the origin of the Society of Rattlesnakes are just some of the tales in this collection.