One fine spring morning, a Hare came out of his nest to eat fresh…
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Once upon the time there was a Grasshopper and an Ant. The Grasshopper built…
Infant Raised by Bears
A man and his wife and child went off hunting from an Indian village…
Origin of the Constellations
Iroquois tradition tells us that the sun and moon existed before the creation of…
Origin of the Human Race
The Iroquois legend of an origin of the human race, which includes the creation…
An Incantation to Bring Rain – Rainmaking Ritual – Indian Rain Dance
In a dry season, the horizon being filled with distant thunder-heads, it was customary…
Origin of the Seneca Medicine
Nearly two hundred years ago a man went into the woods on a hunting…
The pigmy’s mission
There was once a pigmy living in a little cave. Near him dwelt a…
The Pigmies and the Great Hunters
The following story is told as having actually occurred: Mr. Johnson and others of…
The Stone Giant’s challenge
A Stone Giant challenged a Seneca chief to a race. The challenge was accepted,…
Great Head
It was a common belief among Indians that there was a strange, human-like creature,…
The North Wind
It was the custom at a certain season for the medicine men to go…
Extermination of the Stone Giants
The stone giants, who principally inhabited the far West, resolved to come East and…
A Seneca Legend of Hi-nuⁿ and Niagara
A beautiful Indian maiden was about to be compelled by her family to marry…