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Deer, white— borrowing coat of, 267 carries boy away on antlers, 354 [816]
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Deity, conception of, 62
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Densmore, Miss Frances— researches in Indian music, 10 special researches, 27
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Djogeon.See Dwarf People.
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Dog— acts as guide, 121 great power given to owner of, 236 magic, 158 restored to life, 473 Stone Coat’s, 178 trails scent in air, 470 turns to stone, 472 wins ball game dressed as man, 235 wins foot race dressed as man, 233
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Dogs— attempt to save master by obstructing pursuer, 293 convey boys on journey, 292 magic power of, 193 restored to life, 221
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Donehoo, Dr. George P., investigations of the tribes of Pennsylvania, 10
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Doorway— separate, 118 use of, 75
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“Down-Fended” virgin, 510
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Dream— chief told of powerful enemy to be met, 346 warning against very large man, 344 warning to attack enemy, 345 warning to change course on warpath, 342
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Dream word, guessing of, 597
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Dreams, testing magic power, 394–398
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Duck, transformation into, 80
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Ducks— eyes used as dice, 354 used to paddle canoe, 218, 221, 222
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Dunn, J. P.— mentioned, 28 studies of tribes of Middle West, 10
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Dwarf People, mentioned, 61
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Eagle— black, killing of, 318 guard of chestnut tree, 150 shooting of, to secure wife, 141
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Earth— creation myth, 460 journey to end of, 238
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“Eat-all-up” feast, 515
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Ethnologic research— J. P. Adams, 13 Donald Beauregard, 13 K. M. Chapman, 13 Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, 14 Miss Alice C. Fletcher, 22 Nathan Goldsmith, 13 John P. Harrington, 13 Prof. Junius Henderson, 13 J. N. B. Hewitt, 20 F. W. Hodge, 10 Neil M. Judd, 13 Francis La Flesche, 22 Dr. Truman Michelson, 20 James Mooney, 14 Sylvanus G. Morley, 13 Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, assistant, 10 Jesse L. Nusbaum, 13 Dr. Paul Radin, 21 Prof. R. W. Robbins, 13 Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, 19 Dr. John R. Swanton, 18
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Feast, “eat-all-up”, 515
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Feather— magic, 174 magic use of, 120 pigeon, used to baffle pursuer, 272 portent of evil, 103 used to magically create barrier to pursuer, 674
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Fetish— advice by, 382, 384 advises how to kill enemy in lodge, 379, 381 given to boy to overcome enemy, 379 made from bone of monster, 501 used to save life, 467
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Fewkes, Dr. J. Walter— ethnologic research by, 14 mentioned, 9
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Finger, magic— potency of, in killing game, 122, 123 returned to owner, 153 used as guide, 110, 440 used to kill game, 266
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Fire— guest’s side of, 561 made from handful of wood, 392, 393 opposite sides occupied, 586
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Firedragons, guarding pathway to magic chestnuts, 506
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Fireplace, separates families in lodge, 518
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Fish— conversion into, 191 speared with leg, 283 swallows boy, 182 woman transformed into, 538
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Fishhook, used in capturing canoe, 78, 223, 713
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Fletcher, Miss Alice C.— ethnologic research by, 22 special work by, 9
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Flint, red-hot, lodge turned into, 186, 227
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Foot race— arrangements for, 496 between Seneca and Stone Coat, 439 challenge to, 233 heads wagered on, 351, 585 preparation for, 323 won by dog dressed as man, 233 [817]
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Fox, Andrew, Seneca informant, 52
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Frachtenberg, Dr. Leo J., special researches by, 26
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Game— hunter should not eat first killed, 201 killed by blind man, 549

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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911, Project Gutenberg eBook #64176

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