Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 530 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



November 1, 1912 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Museum Bulletin 163 



THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE, THE SENECA 



PROPHET 



BY 



ARTHUR C. PARKER 



PAGE 



Introduction 5 



Handsome Lake 9 



Effects of Handsome Lake's 



teaching 14 



How the white race came to 



America 16 



The Gaiwiio code 20 



Sections 1 to 130: The Great 



Message 27 



Part 2. Field notes on rites and 



ceremonies 81 



White dog sacrifice 85 



Ganeowo 94 



Cornplanting and maple thanks- 

 giving 101 



Legend of the coming of Death. . 105 

 The funeral address 107 



PAGE 



, The death feast no 



Medicine societies 113 



Dark dance or pygmy ceremony. . 119 



Society of otters 121 



Society of mystic animals 122 



The eagle society 124 



The bear society 125 



The Buffalo society 125 



Chanters for the dead 126 



Woman's society 126 



Sisters of the Dk/he'ko 126 



False face company 127 



Husk faces 129 



Iroquois sun myths 131 



Anecdotes of Cornplanter 136 



Key to pronunciation 139 



Index 145 



