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Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, iqo8, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July it>, 1894 



No. 437 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



December 15, 1908 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Museum bulletin 125 



MYTHS AND LEGENDS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK STATE IROQUOIS 



BY 



HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERS 

 ( Ya-ie-wa-noh) 



EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY 



ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER 



(Ga-wa-so-wa-neh) 



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PAGE 



Prefatory note 5 



Introduction 7 



Biography of Harriet Maxwell 



Converse 14 



Pt 1 Iroquois Myths and Legends. 



Harriet Maxwell Converse. 31 

 Pt 2 Myths and Legends. Har- 

 riet Maxwell Converse (Re- 

 vised from rough drafts) 93 



Pt 3 Miscellaneous papers. Har- 

 riet Maxwell Converse 128 



P/ C, R 



Neh Ho-noh-tci-noh-gah, the 

 Guardians of the Little Waters, 

 a Seneca Medicine Society. A. 



C. Parker 149 



Appendix A. Origin of Good and 



Evil 184 



Appendix B. The Stone Giants. 185 

 Appendix C. The De-o-ha-ko.. . 185 

 Appendix D. The Legendary 



Origin of Wampum 187 



Index 191 



M202r-Je8-3ooo 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1908 



