Myths and legends of the New York state Iroquois . horrible if I were discovered in my practices or if I were evencomplained of by any outside person I would be secretly poisonedor shot. I might be compelled to join a band of invisible demonswho hold secret meetings in the darkness for which the initiationfee is a human life, they to select the victim. I might be con- From The Republic, St. Louis, Mo., October 16, 1892. 2 Mrs Converse has spelled the name of the medicine ne-gar-na-gar-ah, conforming to theold form of jpronunciation used by the members. 1/2 NEW YORK STATE MUSEU
Myths and legends of the New York state Iroquois . horrible if I were discovered in my practices or if I were evencomplained of by any outside person I would be secretly poisonedor shot. I might be compelled to join a band of invisible demonswho hold secret meetings in the darkness for which the initiationfee is a human life, they to select the victim. I might be con- From The Republic, St. Louis, Mo., October 16, 1892. 2 Mrs Converse has spelled the name of the medicine ne-gar-na-gar-ah, conforming to theold form of jpronunciation used by the members. 1/2 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM demned to murder 1115^ dearest friend. Indeed it was the privilegeof the demon band that the most precious should be sacrificedin its cause. Or, I would be given a charmed Hfe and held at themercy of these demons Avhich they would bestow upon some otherhuman member of their band to be used in case of my , I accept with pleasure the invitation of my gentlefriends, the Iroquois members of the Ne-gar-na-gar-ah society, to. A member of the Canadian Medicine (Little Water) Company sit in the Moon-of-the Berries convention in June 1888. As thelegend of the origin of the Ne-gar-na-gar-ah is of importance inunderstanding the rites at mv initiation, I will introduce it just here. Origin of the Ne-gar-na-gar-ah In the old times Indians understood the language of animalsand birds. Among the special friends of the fur and feathered tribes was a certain giant chief, known far and Avide for his goodness and valor. The chief through whom came the Ne-gar-na-gar-ah, is not not,. IROQUOIS MYTHS AND LEGENDS 173 claimed as the ancestor of any special nation, but is acknowledgedby all tribes to be the governor of the naedicine. His influenceamong the Indians yet endures as the Doer of the Good. Notwithstanding his vigilance, this chief one day during a hunt,was suddenly overcome with exhaustion and fell in a dead this moment the chief of a hostile nation chanced
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