The Tadger tales

Tajar tales were oral folk tales told at camps and were first published in paper version in 1921 and hardcover in 1924. The stories feature a creature called a Tajar -- "something like a tiger, and something like a jaguar, and something like a badger," who is always getting into trouble, plus a witch and a the Range Ranger. Tajar Tales were still read around campfires at US camps until the 1970s to my knowledge.