[344.] One of Okteondon’s men had just paid the penalty of disobedience of his leader’s order.
[345.] This name seems to mean “He has lost his leggings.” Hoisʻhäʻtoñʹniʻ is the correct form.
[346.] This is the name of a large bird which soars so high that it has won the name “pertaining to the clouds.”
[347.] This is evidently reminiscent of an earlier age when human pelts were regarded as trophies of cannibal hunters.
[348.] The Seneca terms signify, “Human beings, they, both men and women, eat,” i.e., both men and women were cannibals.
[349.] This method of bringing dry bones to life again, so frequent in these stories, is not, of course, peculiar to the Seneca.
[350.] Blood and the color red appear to be signs of ill omen in the belief of the early story-tellers.
[351.] The method of the dream testing is virtually identical with that in legend No. 70, even to the words used.
[352.] This method of destroying the lodges of vanquished sorcerers is frequently employed in these tales.
[353.] “He whose body is bright” and “Thousand-legged worm.”