Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))

lso, like Hi-nu?, they were endowed with the mightier power of destroying the monster animals which endangered the life of man. Cliff, rock, and grotto attested the skill of that departed r

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to make raids upon the Cherokees while th

nuing to grow worse), the party concluded to leave him, and when they had reached one of the rivers of the Alleghany Mountains they abandoned him on the shore. After their arrival at home the warri

s landing hurriedly. Finding him, they bade him to lie there until they returned, as they were going to a neighboring "s

round. They hid themselves and soon saw a male buffalo approach. The beast looked

quenching their thirst,

restless and uneasy, concluded wisely to shoot t

they did, and brought him to his friends, who from his story learned th

rty searched for it and found it surrounded with b

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y is told as havin

heir homes. Upon their arrival at the hunting grounds they found game so plentiful that they were obliged to thro

was growing scarcer each day until they could find none. As a consequence of their prodigality they were soon in

the pigmy what they must do to obtain food. The pigmy said that they must either starve or give up all the skins and furs which they had collected and prepared for use. The hunters asked how long t

pply and being in a strange, unknown country, they could not possibly find their way home. They further asked him to show them their homeward journey. The pigmy said that he could not grant their request without the full

and that they would be furnished with provisions without parting with their furs. He said that

kened and found themselves i

they were brought there by th

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our home, and all we have is given to us free, and although I am small I am stronger than you." Then he showed him the games, and the bows and arrows and the dances, even the war dances and the hunter said when he had seen it all, "Let me go." But the pigmy said, "Stay! Do you know my name? I am called Go-Ga-Ah (little fellow). I had my choice o