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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



GLOSSARY OF SENECA WORDS 



(For key to pronunciation see page 139) 



Adanida'osha (cooperative labor), 39 



Adekwe'o n ge (green corn thanksgiving), 43 



Adistowa'e (feather wearing; name applied to conser- 



vative Indians by the more radical), 14 

 (meaning snaky headed), 5 

 (thanking or cheer songs), 41 ; figure, 84 

 (women's dance), 101 



Ado n dar'ho 

 Ado n 'we n 

 Aska'nie' 

 Awe'yondo' gawen 



notga'o 

 Dagw un'noyaent 

 Daitdagwut' 

 Danondinofi'yo 

 Dawan'do' 

 Degi'ya'go 11 oa"no' 

 Dewutiowa'is 

 Dioge"djaie 

 Diohe"ko n 



Diondega' 



Dion'dot 



Dioni'hoga'we 



Diono'sade'gi 



Djis'ga n da'taha' 



DogeV 



Ende'ka gaa"kwa 



Ema'iehuk 



Gada'ciot 

 Gadages'kao 11 

 Gagwe'go 11 

 Gahadi yago 

 Gaiant'waka 



(the funeral address), 107 



(the wind spirit), 119 



(white beaver), 119 



(Thanksgiving), 103 



(other ceremony), 121 



(Buffalo Society), 125 



(exploding wren), 119 



(grassy place), 75 



(the corn, bean and squash triad; the word 



means, They sustain us), 39, 54, 86 

 (Seneca name of Pittsburgh) 

 (tree), 75 

 (Open Door, or Door Keeper, name of 



Seneca war sachem, once held by Gen. 



Ely S. Parker), 12 

 (place of burnt houses ; the Seneca name 



for Cornplanter village), 20, 52 

 (ghost talker), 68 

 (truly a reply), 113 

 (daytime brilliant orb, the sun), 91 

 (it was once that way; the closing word of 



each section of the Gal' who') 

 (the trotting dance), 82, 101 

 (fetid banks), Cattaraugus 

 (all, everyone, entirely), 33 

 {at the wood's edge, a ceremony), 123 

 (The Planter, commonly called Corn- 

 planter. A Seneca pine tree chief name. 



The half brother of Handsome Lake), 23, 



24, 44, 50 



