NOTES
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225. Yondekhonyatha Ganondayen for Yondekhoñniaʹtʻha Gananʹdayĕⁿʼ signifies “They use it for eating It-village-(is).”
226. This expression is not modified or influenced by European thought; the native conception requires the name of such a power.
227. Stone Coat is the name of a mythic being commonly called by the Seneca Gĕⁿnoⁿʹʼsgwāʼ. See the Introduction for an explanation.
228. Other instances occur in these stories in which basswood is employed to overcome individuals of the Stone Coat people.
229. Hinon for Hiʹʼnoⁿʼ is the name of the Thunderer; later in Iroquois thought there were four who bore this name and who were the foes of all manner of reptiles and snakes, and the friends of mankind. The word is singular in form but with a plural implication, according to the context.
230. These words, correctly written Ogwēʹnioñ dĕⁿkēʹnooñk ganioʹʼsʻhoñ ĕⁿkeʹgĕⁿʼheioĕñʹdjădeⁿʼ, signify, “It is permitted to scalp a person if it be so that I will see him here on earth.”
231. Gendagahadenyatha for Gĕⁿʼdagaādeniăʹʼtʻhăʼ is the name of the common scarabæid beetle, usually called the tumblebug.
232. These Seneca words signify, “It is not possible that I should scalp you, although I have now, indeed, entered the place where you abide.”
233. Nanisheʹonon for Neʹ hanisʻheʹonoⁿʼ signifies “He who dwells in the earth, or in the ground,” and it is the name of the muckworm, the larva of the scarabæid beetle (Ligyrus relictus). The name being that applied to the Christian concept of Satan, the story-teller here endows the larva with the character of Satan, based solely on the etymology of the term.
234. Deanoʹʼdjes, “He who has two long teeth,” is the name of the walrus.
235. Haiwanenqgwi for Hāiwăʼnĕⁿʻqʹgwĭʻ is the name of the council messenger, meaning, “He who sweeps away the affairs.” [804]
236. Gaha Gastende for Gäʹʻhăʼ Tgaʻstĕñʹdeʼ signifies, “Wind Cliff,” literally, “It-Wind There-It-Rock-Stands.”
237. Gahsgwaa Tgawenot for Gaʼsgwāʹāʼ Tgawēʼnot signifies “It-Rock There-It-Island-Stands,” or Rock Island.
238. Othegwenhdah Tgawenot for Otʻhägwĕⁿʹʼdăʼ Tgawēʹnot signifies “It-Chert or Flint It-Island-Stands,” or Flint Island.
239. Oosah Tgawenot for Oōʹsäʼ Tgawēʹnot signifies “It-Basswood It-Island-Stands,” or Basswood Island.
240.Gaiⁿsoⁿʹheʼ is the name of the daddy-long-legs.
241. Nitgawenosatieha for Nitgawenoⁿʼ satiēʹă signifies “There at the Narrow Island.”
242. Djinonhsanon for Djinoⁿʹsănoⁿ is the name of the cricket, meaning literally “Lodge watch or guard.” The name was given because this insect cries when the lodge or house becomes silent.
243. Tgawenogwen for Tgaweʼnōʹgwĕn is a place name signifying “There, at the Broad Island.”
244. Onowehda for Oʼnoweʹʻdăʼ is the name of the angleworm.
245. Djisdaah for djisdāʹa is the name of the grasshopper. So that Djisdaah Tgawenot means “Grasshopper Island.”
246. See note 237.
247. Hoonkgowanen for Hooⁿʼkgowāʹnĕⁿ is the name of the Pelican (?) and signifies, “His throat or gullet is large.”
248. See note 239.
249. Shayades for Sʻhayăʹʼdes is the name of the blacksnake, meaning “His body (is) notedly long.”
250. Deanohsgwis for Deanoⁿʼsʹgwis is the name of a kind of grasshopper (?), meaning “His jump (trajectory) (is) long.”
251. See note 243.
252. See note 244.
253. Hononhengwen for Honoⁿʼĕⁿʹʼgwĕn is a proper name, meaning, “His head (is) broad.”
254. Ganehdaiikhon Tgahadayen Tgawenot for Ganeʻdaiikʹhoⁿʼ Tgahādāʹiēⁿʼ Tgawēʹnot is a place name, meaning, “It is green It-forest-is there-it-island-is,” or “The Island of the Green Forest.”
255. Degatengowa for Degatĕⁿʹʻgōwa is the name of the large dust-colored grasshopper, about 2 inches long. Its habit of leaping up in the air 3 or 4 feet and remaining almost stationary by a fluttering of the wings is referred to in the next line in the story.
256. Henhgadji for Hĕⁿʹʻgädji signifies, “His tail (is) black,” referring to the marking of the tail.
257. See note 245.
258. The use of the pipe was to fortify himself against any evil influence that might be employed by the stranger.
259. Hodehondasiowanen for Hodeʻon dăsiōʹwănĕⁿ signifies “His quid (is) large.”
260. Gaasyendietʻha for Gaăʻsioñdieʹtʻhăʼ is the name of the meteor or so-called firedragon, and signifies, “He emits or casts out flames of fire.”
261. Gaonhiahge Tgastendeh for Gäoⁿʻiăʹʼgeʻ Tgaʻstĕñʹdeʼ signify “On the Sky, or in the Sky, there It-Rock-Island Stands forth,” or freely, “The Rock Cliff or Peak in the Sky.”
262. Tkwendahen Niohsiowesiohden for Tkwĕⁿʻdäʼʹĕñʼ Nioʻciowecioʹʼdĕñ signify “His jacket (is) red.”
263. Gaahgwa Tgawenot for Gääʹʻgwāʼ Tgawēʼnot signify, “Sun there-it-island,” or “Island of the Sun.” [805]
264. Djahgwiyu for Djăʹʼgwiyu is the name of the tanager.