Seneca myths and folk tales

by Arthur C. Parker

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Works Consulted in Editing This Compilation.

Barbeau, C. M. Wyandot Tales, Jour. Amer. Folk Lore, Vol. 28, (1915), p. 83–95. Huron and Wyandot Mythology, Dept. Mines, Canada, No. 80. Beauchamp, W. M. Iroquois Trails, Fayetteville, N. Y., 1897. Iroquois Folk-Lore, Onondaga Co. Hist. Soc., Syracuse, 1922. Boaz, F. Mythology and Folk Lore of the N. A. Indians, Jour. Am. Folk-Lore, Vol. 27, 375. Hewitt, J. N. B. Iroquois Cosmology, 21 An. Rept. Bur. American Ethnology. Hewitt and Curtin Seneca Myths, Fiction and Folk-Tales, 32 An. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethnology. Leland, C. G. Algonquin Legends. Lowie, R. L. Test Theme in N. A. Folk-Lore, Jour. Am. Folk-Lore, Vol. 21, 97–148. Mooney, James Myths of the Cherokee, 19 An. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethnology. Radin, Paul Literary Aspects of N. A. Mythology, Bulletin 16, Canadian Department of Mines. Religion of the N. A. Indians, Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Vol. 27, 335. Reichard, Gladys A. Literary Types and Dissemination of Myths, Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Vol. 34, 269–307. Skinner, Alanson Central Algonkian Folk-Lore, Jour. Am. Folk-Lore, Vol. 27, 97–100. Menomini Folk Lore, Anthrop. Papers, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII, 1915. Waterman, T. T. Explanatory Elements in the Folk Tales of the N. A. Indians, Jour. Am. Folk-Lore, 38, 1.

INDEX

Note: Themes, characters, episodes and common material are indexed in italics. Other subjects are in the usual Roman.

• Adoption by animals, [137].
• Air canoe, [97], [100], [318].
• Air jumping, [28].
• Albany, traditions of, [406], [407].
• America, discovery of, [383].
• Ancient One, [5], [59], [60].
• Ancient relics, [54].
• Animal foster-parents, [25], [137], [148].
• Animal paw target, [28], [160].
• Animal skin, borrowing of, [30], [132], [201].
• Animals, origin of, [67];
  • evil, [68], [414].
• Animals talk to men, [29], [137], [147], [224], [389].
• Animated finger, [31], [337].
• Arrow making, [98].
• Ashes, washing in, [197].
• Astral body, [29].
• Ataentsic (see Ancient One), [6], [59], [60].
• Autumnal colors, origin of, [82].
• Awaiting women, [118], [135].
• Barbeau, C. M., cited, [86] f.n., [459];
  • myth by, [417].
• Bark dagger, [31], [191].
• Bark dolls, [31]
  • (see also dolls).
• Bark lodge, [43], interior, [44];
  • picture, [47].
• Basket from sky, [86].
• Beads, magical, [155].
• Bear, [387].
• Bear claw mittens, [126].
• Bear, monster, [17]
  • (see also Niahgwahe).
• Bears talk, [148], [149] ff.
• Bearded monster, [228].
• Beauchamp, William M., [459].
• Beaver, [309];
  • evil beaver, [162], [189].
• Beaver, white, [17].
• Beds, [52].
• Bewitched, [370]
  • (see also witchcraft, witches, wizards).
• Bewitched parents, [26].
• Bibliography, [459].
• Big Breast, [19].
• Bird colors, origin of, [313].
• Blow gun, [18], [355].
• Blue lizard, [17], [163]
  • (see lizard, blue).
• Blue otter, [17].
• Bluesky, William, [107], f.n.
• Boaster makes good, [24], [350], [355], [361].
• Boas, F., [459].
• 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].

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[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.

[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.

[3]. S‘hagoewat´‘ha, also meaning He-punishes-them.