Arthur C. Parker

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS IN SENECA FOLK-LORE

II. THEMES AND MATERIALS

III. THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE LEGENDS WERE TOLD

IV. WHEN THE WORLD WAS NEW

V. BOYS WHO DEFIED MAGIC AND OVERCAME IT

VI. TALES OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE

VII. HORROR TALES OF CANNIBALS AND SORCERERS

VIII. TALES OF TALKING ANIMALS

IX. TALES OF GIANTS, PYGMIES AND MONSTER BEARS

X. TRADITIONS

XI. APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH LEGENDS WERE TOLD.

From a Painting Showing the Interior of a Bark Long house, by Richard J. Tucker.

WHOSE NUMEROUS ESSAYS AND HISTORICAL WRITINGS HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT, AND WHOSE INTEREST IN THE SENECA INDIANS AND THEIR HISTORY HAS NEVER WANED, THIS VOLUME OF

IS DEDICATED IN TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHOR’S SINCERE ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM.