Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians: Natchez Stories: 43. The Simpleton 43. THE SIMPLETON A very modern story told to my informant by a Creek Indian. It is of little value except for the linguistic material obtained with it. 1 Footnotes 266:1 Given in The Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. XXVI, no. CI, 1913, p. 217.