MooNF.Y.] CONTENTS I 



V — Tlie myths — C'oiitiiuied. 



AVonder s^tories — t'oiitimu'il. ''"8*^ 



80. Tlie spirit (U'lVmlcrs of NlkwasI' 336 



81. Tsurk-llu', tlic slant-eyed fjiaiit 337 



82. Kana'sta, the In.st settlement 341 



83. Tsuwe'n-lhl, a legend of Pilot knob 343 



84. The man who married the Thunder's sister 345 



85. The haunted whirlpool 347 



86. Yahula 347 



87. The water eannil>als 349 



Historical traditions 350 



88. First contact witli whites 350 



89. The Iroijuois wars 351 



90. Hiadeoni, the Seneca - - 356 



91. The two Mohawks 357 



92. Escape of the Seneca boys 359 



93. The unseen helpers '. 359 



94. Hatcinondoii's escape from the C'herokee 362 



95. Hemi)-carrier 364 



96. Tlie Seneca peacemakers 365 



97. Origin of t he Yontoil wi.sas dance 365 



98. Ga'na's adventures among the Cherokee 367 



99. The Shawano wars 370 



100. Tlie raid on Tikwali'tsi - 374 



101. The last Shawano invasion 374 



102. The false warriors of Chilhowee 375 



103. Cowee town 377 



104. The eastern tribes 378 



105. The southern and we.stern tribes 382 



106. The giants from the west 391 



107. The lost Cherokee 391 



108. The massacre of the Ani'-Kuta'nl 392 



109. The war medicine 393 



110. Incidents of perscmal heroism 394 



111. The mounds and the constant fire: The old sacred things 395 



Miscellaneous myths and legends 397 



112. The ignorant housekeeper 397 



113. The man in the stump 397 



114. Two lazy hunters 397 



115. The two old men 399 



116. The star feathers 399 



117. The Mother Bear's song .-- 400 



118. Baby .«ong, to please the children 401 



119. When babies are born: The Wren and the Cricket 401 



120. The Kaveu Mocker - - 401 



121. Herbert's spring 403 



122. Local legends of North Carolina 404 



123. Local legends of South Carolina 411 



124. Local legends of Tennessee 412 



125. Local legends of tieorgia 415 



126. Plant lore 420 



VI— Notes and parallels 428 



VII— Glossary 506 



