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Discussion between good and evil 



spirits, 48 

 Diviner, 49 

 Division of Iroquois, religious, 13, 



55, 55 (footnote), 57 

 Dog, (see White dog), 66 

 Drunkenness, 9, 10, 20, 45, 54 

 Dry hand, 119 



Eagle, society of, 124 



Education, 38 



Effects of Handsome Lake's religion, 



10, 11; discussion of, 14 

 Effigies, 131 

 Elves, 119 



Emotion, religious, 6 

 End of world, 44; signs of, 57; by 



fire, 59 

 Evil of drink, 54, 61 

 Evil spirit (see also Devil), $6, 59, 



61 



Fairies, 119 



False Face company, 127; ceremony, 



128 

 Family life, 32, 33; lack of children, 



35; meals, 36; picture of, plate 4 

 Fees for healing, 56 

 Finger nail parings, 120 

 Five evils, the, 17, 18 

 Folk cults, 116; influence, 130 

 Four messengers, 24, 25, 77 

 Frauds against Iroquois, 10 

 Funeral customs, 57, 107; address, 



107 



Gaenendasaga, 12, 79 



Gaiant'waka, 23, 50 



Gai'wiio', 5; time of preaching, 6; 

 present form, 7; as a divine mes- 

 sage, 26 



Gane'o n wo n ceremony, 95 



Garfto'dai'io (see also Handsome 

 Lake), 9, 18, 19; teachings of, 20, 

 80, 114 (see glossary) 



Gano n ' wages, 12, 78 



Gardening, methods, 39 (footnote) 



Gibson, Chief John, 6 



Glossary of Seneca words 



God (see Creator, Great Ruler, Good 

 Minded) 



Godiont, 41 



Good Hunter, 117 



Good Minded (see Good Spirit), 15, 



31 

 Good Spirit (also Great Ruler and 



Good Minded), 15, 16, 19, 21, 105, 



135 

 Grand River, 6, 131 

 Great Message, 27 

 Green corn ceremony, 43 

 Graves at Grand River, Ontario, 



plate 6 



Handsome Lake, teachings of, 5 ; 

 biography, 9; successful ministry, 

 10; value of his teaching, 11; 

 revolutionized social life, 11 ; fail- 

 ures, 11; residence at Tonawanda, 

 11; ideas from Bible, 11; death, 13, 

 80; method of thinking, 21; sick- 

 ness, 21; reviled, 47; influence of, 

 114 



Handsome Lake's teachings, 27, 80, 

 114 



Handsome Lake's monument, plate 9 



Handsome Lake preaching, drawing, 

 plate 15 



Harrington, M. R., mentioned, 128 



Harrison, Gen. William H., 66 (foot- 

 note) 



Harvest song, 21 



Heaven, see Three brothers, 134 



Herald of death, 119 



Herbs, medicine song of, 55 ; healing, 

 56 



Honon'diont, 41, 42 



Horned serpent, 119 



House of Torment (also of pun- 

 isher), 62; description, 63, 64, 70 



Hunters, father and son, 52; mur- 

 dered, 52 



Huron, introduce the I"dos, 123 



Hurricane, spirit, drawing, plate 19 



Husk false faces, 129 



Idea of soul, 61 



F'dos ceremony, photograph of, 



plate 21 

 Indian religious communities, 7 

 Insanity, 47 



