Part 33
_Boiling oil_, 29, 267, 275, 291, 297, 348.
Bone awl, 98.
_Borrowed eyes_, 31, 105.
_Borrowed skin_, 31, 237.
_Boy hero_, 97, 111, 116, 122, 128, 137, 142, 147, 154, 159, 173, 200, 241, 253, 269, 280, 342, 359, 426.
_Box contains girls_, 28, 234, 250.
_Brother and sister_, 293, 344.
_Brothers_, 261, 278; as tormentor, 205, 206.
_Buffalo, chief_, 138; stampedes herd, 138.
Buffalo, early, 37.
Buffalo Historical Society, cited, 42 f.n.
_Buffalo one rib_, 33, 139.
Buffalo songs, 141.
_Bungling boy_, 142.
_Bungling guest_, 26, 209 ff.
Bundles, of magical objects, 163, 222, 368, 369, 372, 376.
Burmaster, Everett R., notes by, 369.
_Burning corpse_, 282, 300.
Camouflage, 356.
_Cannibal_, 133, 156, 203, 269, 271, 284, 335, 345.
Canoe, 134, 256, 269, 305, 342, 427.
Capture, 356.
Cattaraugus reservation, ix.
_Cave of giant_, 397–398.
Cedar waxwings, 331.
_Celestial tree_, 6, 12, 33, 59, 60, 411, 417, 433.
Charm holders’ society, 393.
Charms, witch, 366, 376.
_Cheek tying_, 118, 119, 124.
Cherokee, 358, 422.
_Chestnuts, origin of_, 132.
Chewink, 326.
Chickadee, 325.
Clay pots, 54.
Cleansing, 391.
_Cloudland eagle_, described, 16, 387.
Child killer, 282.
_Chipmunk’s stripes_, 314.
Clothing of Seneca, 41, 48.
Clouds, scouts of Thunderer, 226.
Coffin, 298.
Colden, C., quoted, 431.
Columbus, C., 384.
Comet, origin of, 80, f.n.
_Concealed hearts_, 28, 202, 274.
_Conception by entrance_, 105.
_Conflict between Good and Evil_, 69–70.
_Contest with sorcerers_, 23, 168, 245–252, 265, 351.
Converse, H. M., 446, 456.
_Corn maiden_, 206.
Cornplanter, Edward, picture, plate 2; cited, 85, f.n., 107, f.n., 146, f.n., 153, f.n., 199, f.n., 305, f.n., 383, 386, f.n.
_Corn rains_, 28, 205.
_Cornstalk, magic_, 392.
Corn storage, 53.
_Cosmic trees_, 10, 415, 431.
_Cosmogony_, 59, 411.
Costumes of characters, described, 155, 174–175, 184, 218, 278.
Council, 182, 281, 422, 429.
Crabs (crawfish), 319, 321.
_Creation of man_, 69–70, 71, 416, 434.
_Creator_, 86.
Cripples, origin of, 107, 158, 204, (see skeletons restored).
_Crow_, 325, 388.
_Dancing maidens_, celestial, 86; conjured, 215.
_Daughters, lost_, 228; beautiful, 154.
_Death, origin of_, 93.
Deer, 202.
_Dekanawida_, 403.
Descent, 423.
_Dew eagle_, 387, (see cloudland eagle).
_Divided Body_, 133.
_Divided lodge_, 200, 235, 284. (See forbidden chamber.)
Doctor, Laura M., 372, f.n.
_Dog_, guard, 133, 136; turns to stone, 136; guardian, 202; carries refugee, 295; saves master, 303; witch’s transformation, 378.
_Dolls, magic_, 130, 272, 273, 345; witch, 374, 423.
_Door-flap action_, 30, 259.
_Door-post tying_, 121, 261.
_Double deceives sister_, 25, 290.
_Dream animals_, rescues hero, 24; in form of deer, 166; spider, snake, 173; appears, 179.
_Dream demand_, 27, 187, 245, 259.
_Dream fast_, 241.
_Dream god_ (Aikon), 10.
_Dream helpers_, 29, 173.
_Dreams_, 4, 423.
Drum, 138, 201.
_Dry hand_, 19, 368.
_Dual existence_, 168.
_Ducks, leg tying_, 214.
_Duel_, 168, 231; _of dream tests_, 245, 259; rejected, 335.
_Dwarf, a monster_, 228.
_Earth diver_, 33, 62, 412, 419.
_Earth-god_, 8.
_Earth Holder_, 5.
_Education of young_, 142.
_Elk, magic_, 188; _carries hero away_, 236.
_Enchanted clearing_, 31, 165.
_Enchanted family_, 109, 159, 169, 173, 200, 242, 268, 297, 348.
_Enchanted girls_, 31, 169, 275.
_Enchanted lodge_, 109, 165.
_Enchanted spring_, 31.
_Entrapped_, 178, 267, 270, 287, 348.
_Evil banished_, 34, 71.
_Evil Mind_ (Tawiskaro), 9, 64, 69, 71.
_Eye plaster_, 312, 321.
_False Faces_, 8, 342, 347, 399; society of, 400–401, 435.
_Famine_, 185, 205, 337.
Fat, origin of, 67.
_Father search_, 34, 65, 413, 414.
_Filthy hero_, 97, 123, 426.
_Fire beast_, 6, 61, 79.
_Fire drill_, 271.
_Fire-place burial_, 28, 293.
_Fish line, magical_, 30, 125, 263.
Five Nations, 358, 395; confederation, 405, 436.
_Flayed skin_, 32, 130, 201.
_Flesh-eating water_, 33.
_Flint chips_, throwing, 28, 236.
_Flint lodge_, 28, 261.
_Flute, magic_, 66, 253.
_Flying heads_, 13, 40.
Folk-lore, xv; types of texts, xix; fabricated, xxi; obtaining versions, xxii; Seneca unchanged, 55.
_Food plants, origin of_, 64.
_Food wasting taboo_, 206.
_Forbidden chamber_, 29, 201, (see divided lodge).
_Forbidden direction_, 108, 154, 201, 254, 269, 321.
_Four, magical number_, 162 ff., 170 f.n.
_Friend of animals_, 386.
_Frog, evil_, 162, 322.
_Frost god_, 14; overcome, 91.
_Funeral, pyre_, 282; customs, 425.
Games, 38–40.
George, David, an informant, 153.
_Ghostly legs_, 18.
_Ghosts_, 4, 279.
_Giant_, 285, 336.
_Giantess, human_, 112.
Gifts, 233.
_Glutton destroyer_, 19.
Gods and folk-beasts, 5, 16.
_Good Mind_, 7, 8, 12, 64, 73, 92, 395.
_Grandfather and grandson_, 142, 159.
_Grandmother and grandson_, 200.
_Grasshopper’s leg_, 340.
_Great Bear constellation_, 81.
_Great Ruler_, 340, 395.
_Great Spirit_, 75.
_Grinding bodies_, 232.
_Hail_, 15.
Haiowentha (Haiwatha), 404.
_Hair tied to earth_, 30, 255, 259.
Handsome Lake, 45, 366, 383.
_Harpy_, 267.
Harrington, Mark Raymond, ix, 456.
_Hawenio_, 8.
_Head hitting_, 244, 259.
_Head Opener_, 10.
_Hearts detached_, 28, 202, 274.
_Heart pinching_, 319.
_Heart squeezing_, 28, 203.
_Hero enchanted_, 179, 192.
_Hero pulls out arrow_, 27, 195.
Hewitt, J. N. B., xx, 6, 442.
Hickory nut oil, 295.
_Hidden lodge child_, 24, 167, 249.
Hill, Hon. Henry W., xi.
_Hoarded water_, 23, 34.
_Holder of Heavens_, 395.
_Hole in the ground_, 147, 159, 256, 266.
_Hollow log regeneration_, 29, 100, 120, 124, 237.
_Hollow tree_, 176, 177, 215.
_Horned serpent_, 16, 218; picture facing 218; scales of, 222; rescues woman, 225.
_Hornet warriors_, 155 ff.
_House of women_, 102, 156, 250.
_Hunter_, 182, 186, 254, 262, 350, 386.
_Hunters, classes of_, 152.
_Hunting practice_, 241.
_Hydra_, 230.
Idioms, 142.
Idol, 423.
_Immaculate conception_, 34, 63.
_Imposter_, 180; _fails_, 24, 182, 192.
_Immediate maturity_, 63, 64, (see _precocious twins_).
_Inexhaustible kettle_, 30, 129.
_Ioueskha_, 7, 8.
Informants, ix, x, 199.
_Invisible friend_, 114.
_Iroquois_, 386, 387, 401.
_Island, lonely_, 223, 256, 270.
Jack Berry’s town, 42, 45.
_Jealous father_, 228.
_Jealous sister_, 99.
_Jealous sister-in-law_, 26, 223.
Jemmy, Tommy, 365.
Jimerson, George D. (Tahadondeh), 122, f.n., 337 f.n., 342, f.n., 380, f.n., 396, f.n.
Johnson, Esquire, relation by, 411, 421.
Kennedy, Fred, ix, 370.
Keppler, Joseph, 456.
_Kicking over tree_, 29, 204, 276.
Kittle, Delos Big, ix, 403, 407, f.n.
Ladders, 51.
Lacrosse playing, 104.
_Laughter overcomes magic_, 162, ff.
_Lazy man_, 208.
_Legends, origin of_, 97.
_Leg sharpening_, 31, 213.
Leland, Charles G., 459.
_Levitation_, 83, 199, f.n., 256.
_Lice hunting_, 30, 255.
Listener, (see Hatondas), 116, 122, 154.
_Lizard, blue_, 17, 163.
_Lodge entraps unwary_, 156.
_Lonely bird_, 29, 325, 326.
_Lonely lodge_, 184, 200, 241, 253, 262, 284, 290, 298, 344, 349.
Long House, 421.
_Lost children_, 228.
_Love glance_, 185.
_Love powder_, 373.
_Lover wins mate_, 26.
Lowie, Robert L., 459.
_Lustration_, 391.
_Magic arrow_, 29, 100, 185, 191, 195, 263, 345.
_Magic canoe_, 30, 97, 100.
_Magic birds_, 31, 186.
_Magic cap_, 175, 184, 352.
_Magic feathers_, 31, 352.
_Magic hair_, 336.
_Magic moccasins_, (see running moccasins), 176.
_Magic nut_, 129.
_Magic path_, 135, 155, 162.
_Magic pipe_, 175, 186.
_Magic pouch_, 30, 116, 119, 128, 175, 181.
_Magical power_, 3, (see also Orenda).
_Magic remedy_, 114, 257.
_Magic root_, 175.
_Magic spring_, 31, 133, 162, 177.
_Magic suit_, 30, 167, 174, 178, 181, 220.
_Maiden comes for husband_, 205, 284.
_Maiden restored_, 169.
_Man making_, 34, 69, 71, 416.
_Marksman_, 161, 241, 253.
_Marriage bread_, 60, 123, 181, 205.
_Marry me_, 205, 284.
Mask, making of, 401.
_Master of Life_, 75, 76.
_Mats, floor_, 165.
_Medicine_, 175, 181, 388, 445, 447, ff.
Methods of recording, xvii.
Miller, Aurelia Jones, 153, f.n., 158, f.n., 340, f.n., 394, f.n.
Miller, Guy, 108, f.n.
_Mischief Maker_, 18, 208, 278.
Mole, skin borrowed, 132, f.n., 201.
_Moly_ (a magical plant), 258.
_Monster marries girl_, 26.
_Monster race_, 24, 140, 351.
_Monsters_, 5, 130, 177.
_Moon_, 12, 416.
Mooney, James, 459.
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 441.
_Morning Star_, 12.
_Mother-in-law_, 235.
_Mound_, 139, 206, 230, 242, 274.
Mourning, 424.
_Mutilating nephew_, 117, 242.
_Nail parings_, 332.
_Name-genius_, 170, f.n., 300.
_Name guessing_, 241.
_Nature conscious_, 4.
_Nephew_, (see uncle).
Neutral, 45.
New Year’s ceremonial, 424.
_Niahgwahe_, 126, 295, 344, 345, 351, 358.
_North wind_, 88.
_Obstacles intervene_, 129.
_Obstacles produced_, 26, 264, 266, 296.
_Oil, pool of_, 67.
_Ongwe Ias_, (see cannibal).
_Ordeals_, 241, 252.
_Orenda_ (magical power), 3, 10, 159, 184, 241, 445.
_Otter, blue_, 17.
_Overcoming monsters_, 23, 162 ff.
_Owls_, evil, 164; 177; good, 387.
_Owls from witches’ heads_, 28, 157, 164, 177, 283.
_Pacifying monsters_, 28.
_Paddle, magical_, 256.
Paint, ceremonial, 167.
_Painting face_, 278–279.
_Panther, evil_, 165.
_Partridge_, 328.
_Patting gives power_, 204, 252, 255, 263.
Peabody Museum of American Ethnology and Archaeology, ix.
_Peace Tree_, 431, 436, 442.
_Pestle and mortar_, 112.
Pigeons, 424.
_Pigeon feathers_, 265, 297, 347.
_Pine tree, origin_, 85.
Pipe, 175, 186.
_Pleiades_, origin, 86.
Poison cups, 231.
_Porcupine monster_, 428.
Pouch, 99, 165, 175, 332.
_Powered finger_, 31.
_Power, magically acquired_, 23, 263.
_Power testing_, 71, 241–252.
Precipice, 266.
_Precocious twins_, 23, 101, 104, 126, 135, 268.
_Predestined mates_, 16, 122, 168.
_Primal beings_, 34, 412.
_Propitiation_, 424.
_Provoker_, 229.
_Puberty ceremony_, 173.
Purging, 391.
_Pursued by enemies_, 113, 125, 190, 280, 295, 299.
_Pursuer delayed_, 113, 130, 264, 296, 299, 345.
_Pygmies_, (Djogeon), 18, 32, 332.
Quapaw, 422.
_Quilt of eyes_, 31, 102, 106.
_Rabbit, runs in circle_, 316; _a gambler_, 317.
_Raccoon and Crabs_, 319.
_Raccoon outwits Wolf_, 312.
_Race with monster_, 140, 351.
Radin, Paul, 459.
Red Jacket, 365.
_Reducible dog_, 32, 124, 294.
_Reducible sister_, 28, 234, 249, 345.
_Reduction by magic_, 255, 263.
_Refugees_, 285.
_Refuge in hollow log_, 281.
_Regeneration_, 31, 75, 87, 429.
Reichard, Gladys, 459.
_Rescued girls_, 232–233, 249.
_Restoration from enchantment_, 107, 115, 169, 201, 251–252, 258, 261, 276–277, 288, 348.
_Retaliation_, 242–243, 259, 261.
Ritual, 449 ff.
_Rival twins_, 34, 69, 70.
_Root, magic_, 175, 258.
_Running moccasins_, 29, 176, 264, 345.
_Saliva gives power_, 30, 81, 114; heals, 213, 257, 334–335, 338.
_Salt, used as charm_, 236.
_Scalding fluid missile_, 109, 113.
_Scalping_, 280, 342, 357, 387.
_Scolding wife_, 208 ff.
_Search for relatives_, 135, 159, 201.
_Seeds from heaven_, 61.
Seneca folk-tales, basic beliefs, 3; legendary origin, 97.
Seneca Indians, story-telling customs, xxiii; basic beliefs, 3, condition of, 45–46, story-telling customs, 50; beliefs, 365.
_Serpent progeny_, 222.
_Seven-headed monster_, 230, 232.
Severance, Frank H., dedication to, v; mentioned, xi.
_Sharp bone_ (witch weapon), 370, 377.
_Shell wampum_, 404.
_Shooting practice_, 160.
_Singing women_, 102.
_Sinking basket_, 230.
_Sister, enchanted_, 249, 275.
_Sisters are witches_, 131, 259.
Six Nations, 340.
_Skeletons restored_, 27, 29, 107, 158, 204, 252, 258, 276.
Skinner, Alanson, 24, 459.
_Skin man_ (see flayed skin).
_Skull, talking_, 32, 242, 270.
_Skunniwundi_, 334, 337.
_Sky basket_, 86.
_Sky Holder_, 8.
_Sky Journey_, 27, 74, 87.
_Sky woman_, 9, 33, 60, 63.
_Sky World_, 33, 59, 74, 411.
_Slippery hillside_, 156, 267, 287.
_Smeared hair_, 156.
_Snake grows fast_, 33.
_Snowshoes_, 199.
Snowsnake game, 38; drawing of, 39.
Society, 400, 445.
Sogogo (Bushy Head), 228.
_Song of magic_, 130, 186, 236, 245, 247, 254, 271, 390, 455.
_Son-in-law put to tests_, 23.
_Son testing_, 34, 65, 414.
_Sorcerer’s line_, 263.
_Sorcerer’s island_, 26, 270.
_Soul path_, 69.
_Souls of creatures_, 4.
_Soup spoiling_, 110, 229–230.
_South Wind_, 90.
_Speaking first_, 75, 229.
_Speaking trees_, 399.
Speck, Frank G., 449, f.n., 442, f.n.
_Spider_, 173, 346.
_Spring god_, 15, 89, 90.
_Spirit in tree_, 341.
_Squirrel_, 322.
Staples, George Kelley, xi, 456.
_Stars, origin of_, 69.
State Museum of New York, x, 440.
_Step-father_, 25, 147.
_Stolen eyes_, 31, 102.
_Stone coats_, 335, 337; country of, 394.
_Stone giants_, 18, 334, 337, 340; battle of, 341, 394, 395, 425.
_Stone throwers_, 331.
_Storage platforms_, 44.
Story teller, xxv, 49–50.
Story-telling customs, xxiii, 50.
_Stream crossing_, 334, 338.
_Stored property_, 200, 220, 303.
_Storm wind_, 13, 15, 32.
Story bag, 50, 99.
_Strawberry_ patch (magic), 201.
_Sudden friend_, 33, 134, 208, 257, 342.
_Sun god_, 10, 76.
_Sustenance, spirits of_, 15.
_Sweat lodge_, 31, 106, 173, 196, 221, 233, 276.
_Sweeping_, 230, 231.
_Swift Runner_, 350.
_Sympathetic magic_, 374, 375.
_Taboo violated_, 28, 109, 254, 269.
_Talking flute_, 29.
_Talking moccasins_, 31.
_Talking skull_, 32, 242, 270.
_Tawiskaro_ (Evil Mind), 9; names of, 10.
_Tempter_, 176, 177, 269, 294, 344.
Text, interlinear, xix.
_Thaw_, 15.
_Thrown away boy_, 24.
Thunder spirit, picture of, 7, 8, 218; wars on horned serpent, 222, 225; wars with giants, 341, 426; house of, 428.
_Thunder wars upon horned serpent_, 26, 219, 225–227, 428.
_Tide spirit_, 16.
_Toad rescues hero_, 266.
_Tobacco incense_, 73, demanded, 98, 186, 226, 242, 271, 332, 347; offered, 386, 401, 424, 448.
Toboggan, 250.
Tonawanda, 366, 370.
Totem, 208.
Totemic carving, 42.
Trail lodge, 278.
_Tripping on door-sill_, 243.
_Transformation_, 3, 23, 105, 244, 266, 295, 347, 352, 366, 378.
Tucker, George L., xi, 456.
_Turkey_ (a character), 173, 200.
_Turtle outwits beaver_, 309.
_Turtle, primal_, 33, 62, 414, 418.
_Turtle shell rattles_, 435.
_Turtle’s war party_, 26, 305.
_Tusks_, 356, 361.
_Twins_, 63, 101, 126, 135, 268, 349, 412.
_Two Feathers_, 184.
_Uncle and nephew_, 25, 173, 184, 241, 253, 284.
_Underbed sanctuary_, 28, 174, 202, 248, 249.
_Underground lodge_, 169, 178.
_Underground playing_, 27, 104.
_Underwater cave_, 221.
_Unseen spirits_, 3.
_Unstoppable song_, 216.
_Unwelcome guest_, 235.
_Usurper_ (see imposter), 228.
_Vampire corpse_, 27, 278, 298, 381.
_Vulnerable spot_, 127, 139, 348, 355, 361.
Walker, B. N. O., cited, 420, f.n.
_Walking into ground_, 29, 104.
Walum Olam, 438.
_Wampum_, 116, 131, 202, 404, 424.
Wampum belt, 358.
_Wampum deer_, 188.
_Wampum eagle_, 32, 194, 198.
_Wampum spitting_, 175, 181, 187.
_Wampum tears_, 30, 114.
_War club, magical_, 167.
_War god_, 12.
_War party_, 278, 342, 355.
Washington, George, 45.
Waterman, T. T., 459.
_Water swallowing_, 28, 125.
Wenroe, 45.
_Whirlwind_, 6.
_White beaver_, 17.
_White otter_, magical, 266.
_White pebble_, 32, 125, 189, 265.
_Wife hunt_, 174.
_Wife rescues husband_, 237.
_Will-o’-wisp_, 16.
_Window peeker_, 378.
_Winged light_, 392.
_Witch doctor_, 366, 373, 381.
_Witches_, 131, 157, 158, 259, 344, 365; overcoming, 370; killed, 370, 372; transformation, 378, 380.
_Witch mother-in-law_, 189, 198, 259, 294.
_Wizardry_, 159, 201, 246, 365.
_Wizards_, 5, 168, 183, 201, 245, 253, 259, 260, 282, 300, 365.
_Wolf_, 305, 312, 325, 387.
Woodchuck, 322.
_Woodchuck Leggings_, 184.
_World-Tree_, 33, 416, 431, 434.
Wright, Laura M., records interview, 421.
Wyandots, 417; myth of creation, 417.
_Youngest sister chosen_, 86, 181, 268.
_Zephyr_, 13.
Footnote 1:
This is important in order to preserve every folk-motive and element by which the tale may be compared in detail with those of other tribes and stocks.
Footnote 2:
Consult Hewitt in Handbook of the American Indians, under his article Teharonhiawagon. We have re-edited some of our notes in accord with his findings.
Footnote 3:
S‘hagoewat´‘ha, also meaning He-punishes-them.
Footnote 4:
Oddly enough, the original Hebrew concept of Yahweh, (Jehovah) was of a God of elements, particularly the storms. He manifested himself in the thunder’s roar and by the lightning’s flash, and blew like a great wind from the Ark of the Covenant, terrifying the Philistines.
Footnote 5:
Skinner in _J. A. F. L._ 27–29, cites this as a central Algonkin theme.
Footnote 6:
Skinner in _Anthrop._ P. of A. M. N. H. XIII, 528, cites this as a Menomini theme.
Footnote 7:
See 6, _supra_, for continuation of motif.
Footnote 8:
There is an interesting anecdote concerning Major Jack Berry in the first Annual Report of the Buffalo Historical Society, page 175. Jack Berry Town was on the present site of Gardenville. He was born in Little Beard Town in the Genesee country and had his home on Squawkie Hill until he removed to the Buffalo tract. He was an ardent admirer of Red Jacket.
Footnote 9:
In another version this chief was killed and his body hidden in the trunk of the celestial tree. Another chief, a rival, desired to marry the daughter of the deceased one and indeed took her in the manner here related. In this version it was the bride who desired to have the tree uprooted in order that she might hunt for her father’s body. The concealing of the body of the celestial father in the body of a tree reminds one of the legend of Osiris.
Footnote 10:
We use this name for convenience only.
Footnote 11:
This was because the Creator had first spoken. To have resisted death by the hand of a mysterious power one must salute it with its own greeting.
Footnote 12:
Related by Edward Cornplanter, Jan., 1905, at Newtown, Cattaraugus reservation.
Footnote 13:
A comet or shooting star is considered a sign of the death panther.
Footnote 14:
In this manner he hoped to absorb the power or strength of his brothers.
Footnote 15:
Related by Edward Cornplanter.
Footnote 16:
Cf. Barbeau, Origin of Seven Stars, Huron Mythology, p. 59.
Footnote 17:
The Pleiades.
Footnote 18:
Cf. Barbeau, C. M., Huron and Wyandot Mythology, p. 56.
Footnote 19:
Related by Aurelia Miller, Jan., 1905.
Footnote 20:
Related by Edward Cornplanter (Great Night) and recorded as translated by William Bluesky, Ganosho.
Footnote 21:
Related by Guy Miller, a Tuscarora, Jan., 1905.
Footnote 22:
This legend is related almost verbatim as it came from the lips of Gohweh Seneca, an old Tonawanda Seneca.
Footnote 23:
Related by George D. Jimerson. This version is apparently a mixture of two distinct legends.
Footnote 24:
Fires were kindled in large wooden dugouts. A mat or pan of clay prevented the embers from injuring the canoe.
Footnote 25:
Oratory—hai´wanotă’.
Footnote 26:
Rhetoric—haya´dushäiendī.
Footnote 27:
This may be a modern interpolation.
Footnote 28:
A legend, written verbatim as told in Indian-English by Aurelia Jones Miller, Gah-yoh´wes, whose grandfather, Chief Warrior, told it to her when she was a child.
Footnote 29:
The Seneca seldom use any other word to describe a sorcerer, when relating legends in English.
Footnote 30:
Related by Edward Cornplanter.
Footnote 31:
Or, a burning brand from the fireplace.
Footnote 32:
His charm bundles, because he believed them to have lost potency.
Footnote 33:
Related by George D. Jimerson (Tahadondeh), 1903.
Footnote 34:
Related by Edward Cornplanter, 1905.
Footnote 35:
He’´no^n is the Thunder Spirit.
Footnote 36:
Related by Mrs. Aurelia Jones Miller, Seneca, March, 1905. Mrs. Miller said that she had heard this story among the Six Nations of Canada and that she thought it might be of Mohawk origin.
Footnote 37:
Meaning flint, properly Hot‘´hagwen’´da’.
Footnote 38:
“Dry bones” is a Seneca idiom meaning “lean from lack of food.”
Footnote 39:
Related by Edward Cornplanter, and later by George D. Jimerson.
Footnote 40:
Related by Edward Cornplanter, 1905.
Footnote 41:
Related by Chief Cornplanter, 1904.
Footnote 42:
Because he realized that he was scatophagous.
Footnote 43:
From Mrs. Aurelia Miller.
Footnote 44:
Cornplanter says, “Some girls sing this song and boys know what they mean.”
Footnote 45:
Related by Chief Cornplanter, 1905.
Footnote 46:
Partridge in Seneca is Deyenego sda´sden’, meaning, Her two wings are large.
Footnote 47:
Meaning Beyond-the-Rapids.
Footnote 48:
This episode is identical with that recorded by Barbeau in a Huron myth.
Footnote 49:
Related May, 1906, by George Jameson, Tahadondeh, Cattaraugus Seneca.
Footnote 50:
Related January, 1905, by Aurelia Jones Miller, Cattaraugus Seneca.
Footnote 51:
Related by George (Dondeh) Jimerson. This legend shows the use of a large false face as a war bundle charm.
Footnote 52:
Related by George D. Jimerson (Tahadondeh), June, 1903, at the Silverheels’ homestead, Cattaraugus Reservation.
Footnote 53:
From notes supplied by Everett R. Burmaster.
Footnote 54:
Related by Fred Kennedy, 1903.
Footnote 55:
Related by Laura M. Doctor, of the Tonawanda reservation.
Footnote 56:
Related by William Parker, Cattaraugus reservation, 1904.
Footnote 57:
Related by Fred Kennedy.
Footnote 58:
Related by Aurelia Jones Miller, 1905.
Footnote 59:
Related by Chief E. Cornplanter.
Footnote 60:
Related by Aurelia Jones Miller, Seneca, 1905.
Footnote 61:
This portion of the legend was related by George D. Jimerson.
Footnote 62:
Related by Edward Cornplanter.
Footnote 63:
Related by Delos B. Kittle, Jan., 1905, at Newtown, Cattaraugus reservation.
Footnote 64:
Related by Delos Big Kittle.
Footnote 65:
From the original notes of Laura M. Wright, the missionary to the Seneca, 1835–1887. The manuscript bears the date 1876.
Footnote 66:
Copied _verbatim et literatim_ from the manuscript notes of Mrs. Asher Wright, who interviewed Johnson in 1870.
Footnote 67:
The Seneca.
Footnote 68:
The Onondaga.
Footnote 69:
The Mohawk.
Footnote 70:
The Oneida.
Footnote 71:
The Cayuga.
Footnote 72:
Johnson’s estimate is wrong, the number of sachems being as follows: the Mohawks, 9; the Oneidas, 9; the Onondagas, 14; the Cayugas, 10; the Senecas, 8; making the Council of 50. Note that while he says that the Senecas have only four he gives the names of seven. There were eight and he names all but Ga-ne-o-di-yo, Handsome Lake. He may have withheld this name on account of prejudice against him, for Ga-ne-o-di-yo at this time was in disrepute on account of his assumption of the role of prophet of “The New Religion.”
Footnote 73:
The Helper.
Footnote 74:
Falling Day.
Footnote 75:
Great Forehead.
Footnote 76:
Level Heavens.
Footnote 77:
Hair Burned Off.
Footnote 78:
Open Door. (This sachemship was once held by Gen. Ely S. Parker.)
Footnote 79:
The Confederate or League of the Five Nations Capitol or Long House.
Footnote 80:
The national Long House of the Seneca.
Footnote 81:
This was probably in 1798.
Footnote 82:
Wampum.
Footnote 83:
First published in _American Anthropologist_, Oct.-Dec., 1912.
Footnote 84:
Colden, History of the Five Nations, reprint, p. 58, New York, 1866.
Footnote 85:
Lahontan, Voyages, Vol I, p 42. London, 1735.
Footnote 86:
Connelly, W. E., Wyandot Folk Lore, Topeka, 1899.
Footnote 87:
Archaeological Report of Ontario, 1905. Boyle, David; The Iroquois, p. 147.
Footnote 88:
Journal of a Voyage to New York in 1679–80, by Jasper Dankers and Peter Slyter. Translated in Vol I, Trans. L. I. Hist. Soc. 1867.
Footnote 89: