[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.
[5]. Skinner in J. A. F. L. 27–29, cites this as a central Algonkin theme.
[6]. Skinner in Anthrop. P. of A. M. N. H. XIII, 528, cites this as a Menomini theme.
[7]. See 6, supra, for continuation of motif.
[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.
[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.
[10]. We use this name for convenience only.
[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.
[12]. Related by Edward Cornplanter, Jan., 1905, at Newtown, Cattaraugus reservation.
[13]. A comet or shooting star is considered a sign of the death panther.