Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths / Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911
THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
1910–1911
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C., August 17, 1911 .
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, comprising an account of the operations of the bureau during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911.
Permit me to express my appreciation of your aid in the work under my charge.
Very respectfully, yours,
F. W. Hodge, Ethnologist-in-Charge .
F. W. Hodge, Ethnologist-in-Charge
The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, conducted in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910, authorizing the continuation of ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, were carried forward in accordance with the plan of operation approved by the Secretary June 15, 1910.
The systematic ethnological researches of the bureau were continued during the year with the regular scientific staff, consisting of nine ethnologists, as follows: Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge; Mr. James Mooney, Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, Dr. John R. Swanton, Dr. Truman Michelson, Dr. Paul Radin, and Mr. Francis La Flesche. In addition, the services of several specialists in their respective fields were enlisted for special work, as follows:
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SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS
CONTENTS
SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS
INTRODUCTION
The Seneca
Characterization of Contents
PHONETIC KEY
MATERIAL COLLECTED BY JEREMIAH CURTIN
FICTION
1. The Sister and Her Six Elder Brothers
2. The Child and His Uncle
3. Djogeon (Dwarf-man) and His Uncle
4. The Woman Who Married a Great Serpent
5. The Ghost Woman and the Hunter
6. Hahnowa (the Turtle) and His Forces on the Warpath
7. The Old Man’s Grandson and the Chief of the Deserted Village
8. The Man Who Married a Buffalo Woman
9. A Woman and Her Bear Lover
10. The Fox and the Rabbit
11. The Snake with Two Heads
13. The Grandmother and Her Granddaughter
15. Gaqga (the Crow) Makes a Journey and Kills Many People
16. Ohohwa (the Owl) and the Two Sisters
17. A Great Snake Battle
18. The Ongwe Ias (the Cannibal) and His Younger Brother
20. The Man with the Panther-skin Robe and His Brother with a Turkey-skin Robe
21. Deadoeñdjadases (The Earth-Girdler) and the Old Woman’s Grandson
23. The Story of the Ohohwa People
24. The Chestnut Tree Guarded by the Seven Sisters
25. The Otter’s Heart and the Claw Fetishes
26. The Seven Sisters Who Produced Wampum
27. The Forsaken Infant and Gaha (the Wind)
28. The Old Man and the Boy
30. The Creation of Man
31. Ganiagwaihegowa
32. The Man Who Became a Fish, and a Ganiagwaihe
33. A Dead Man Speaks to His Mother through the Fire
35. The Faithless Wife and the Three Old Men
36. The Dagwanoenyent (Daughter of the Wind) and Her Husband
37. A Raccoon Story
38. The Self-sacrifice of Two Dogs for Their Master
39. The Three Young Women, Daughters of Awaeh Yegendji or Mother Swan
40. Hinon and the Seneca Warriors
42. The Uncle and His Nephew
43. Hinon Saves a Woman from Suicide
44. The Crawfish and the Raccoon
45. The Race Between the Turtle and the Bear
46. The Woman Who Became a Maneater Through the Orenda of Her Husband’s Dogs
49. Dagwanoenyent
50. The Shaman and His Nephew
51. The Horned Snake and the Young Woman
52. The Man Pursued by His Sister-in-Law
53. The Story of Bloody Hand
54. The Seven Stars of the Dipper
55. The Story of the Two Brothers
57. The Cannibal Uncle, His Nephew, and the Nephew’s Invisible Brother
LEGENDS
60. The Grandmother and her Grandson
61. Heart Squeezing and the Dance of Naked Persons
64. The Moose Wife
65. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa
66. The Porcupine’s Grandson and the Bear
67. Genonsgwa
71. Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus—II
72. Uncle and Nephew and the White Otters
74. A Genesis Tradition
75. The Two Brothers and the Mice Fetishes
76. The Orphan
78. The Chipmunk and the Bear
79. The Great White Beaver and the Lake of the Enchanted Water
TRADITIONS
80. Ganon, the Seneca War Chief
83. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa
84. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa
85. Genonsgwa
86. Genonsgwa
87. Genonsgwa
88. Genonsgwa
89. Genonsgwa
90. Bald Eagle Sends Mud Turtle Around the World
TALES
94. A Shaman’s Deed
95. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa
96. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa
97. The Vampire Skeleton
MYTHS
98. A Tale of the Sky World
100. The Morning Star and the Cannibal Wife
105. The Twelve Brothers and Their Uncle, Dagwanoenyent
MEDICAL NOTE
SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS
SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS
108. The Legend of Hayanowe (“He-the-Fleet-footed”)
111. The Legend of Honenhineh and His Younger Brothers
112. The Legend of Godasiyo
113. A Legend of an Anthropomorphic Tribe of Rattlesnakes
115. The Legend of the Misogamist
116. The Acts of the Seventh Son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ
117. The Legend of Hodadeñon and His Elder Sister
118. The Legend of Gādjisʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs
119. The Legend of Deodyatgaowen
121. A Corn Legend and a Flood Story
122. The Legend of Man’s Acquisition of Corn
124. The Legend of Onenha (the Corn)
125. The Origin of White Corn, or Kanĕñhagĕñät
127. The Origin of the Bear Songs and Dances
128. The Origin of the Pigeon Songs and Dances
129. The Legend of Hahadodagwatʻha
132. The Legend of the Stone Coats (Genonsgwa)
133. The Story of the White Pigeon, the Chief of the Pigeons
134. The Weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and Squash People
135. Sʻhagowenotʻha, the Spirit of the Tides
136. Sʻhagoweʹnōtʻhăʼ, the Spirit of the Tides
137. The Legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña
138. The Legend of Doäʻdaneʹgĕⁿʼ and Hotkwisdadegĕⁿʼʹă
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