[116-3] Morgan, League of the Iroquois, p. 159; Cusic, Trad. Hist. of the Six Nations, pt. ii.
[117-1] Mrs. Eastman, Legends of the Sioux, pp. 161, 212. In this explanation I depart from Prof. Schwarz, who has collected various legends almost identical with these of the Indians (with which he was not acquainted), and interpreted the precious crown or horn to be the summer sun, brought forth by the early vernal lightning. Ursprung der Mythologie, p. 27, note.
[118-1] Cusic, u. s., pt. ii.
[119-1] This remarkable relic has been the subject of a long and able article in the Revue Américaine (tom. ii. p. 69), by the venerable traveller De Waldeck. Like myself—and I had not seen his opinion until after the above was written—he explains the cruciform design as indicating the four cardinal points, but offers the explanation merely as a suggestion, and without referring to these symbols as they appear in so many other connections.
[119-2] Schwarz, Ursprung der Mythologie, pp. 62 sqq.
[119-3] “I have examined many Indians in reference to these details,” says the narrator, an Augustin monk writing in 1554, “and they have all confirmed them as eye-witnesses” (Lettre sur les Superstitions du Pérou, p. 106, ed. Ternaux-Compans. This document is very valuable).
[120-1] Narrative of John Tanner, p. 355; Henry, Travels, p. 176.
[120-2] Torquemada, Monarquia Indiana, lib. vi. cap. 31.