Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))
Chapter 1 —Gods and other supernatural beings 51

Hi-nu? destroying the giant animals 54 A Seneca legend of Hi-nu? and Niagara 54 The Thunderers 55 Echo God 58 Extermination of the Stone Giants 59 The North Wind 59 Great Head 59 Cusick's story of the dispersion of the Great Heads 62 The Stone Giant's wife 62 The Stone Giant's challenge 63 Hiawatha and the Iroquois wampum 64

Chapter 2 —Pigmies 65

The warrior saved by pigmies 65 The pigmies and the greedy hunters 66 The pigmy's mission 67

Chapter 3 —Practice of sorcery 68

The origin of witches and witch charms 69 Origin of the Seneca medicine 70 A "true" witch story 71 A case of witchcraft 72 An incantation to bring rain 72 A cure for all bodily injuries 73 A witch in the shape of a dog 73 A man who assumed the shape of a hog 73 Witch transformations 74 A superstition about flies 74

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