Myths and legends of the New York state Iroquois . ndianthe next morning found Mrs Converse in court to plead for hisrelease, and while Mrs Converse lived the cases against Indiansalmost without exception were dismissed. Most of the cases areextremely humorous and an examination of the court documentswill reveal that when an Indian in New York spoiled a white mansface the white man was usually fined and the Indian discharged,though sometimes with a mild reprimand. IROlHdlS MNTIIS AND I,l((.;i£N 1 )S 21 Mrs Converse n.,t nnly was the Indians deftanler in llie omrts,but was constantly busy rolio
Myths and legends of the New York state Iroquois . ndianthe next morning found Mrs Converse in court to plead for hisrelease, and while Mrs Converse lived the cases against Indiansalmost without exception were dismissed. Most of the cases areextremely humorous and an examination of the court documentswill reveal that when an Indian in New York spoiled a white mansface the white man was usually fined and the Indian discharged,though sometimes with a mild reprimand. IROlHdlS MNTIIS AND I,l((.;i£N 1 )S 21 Mrs Converse n.,t nnly was the Indians deftanler in llie omrts,but was constantly busy rolioAino- unforlnnate Indians who hadbeen robbed, swmdled n,- nijurcd. She ahvaxs managed totind a ticket home for Indians who were deslitnte and disgustedwith the big town. Sometimes the\- returned witli a new pocket-book well lined and clean ne^\- outhts. Those who were stricken Avitli diseases or injureil in accidentsfound her quick to discn\-er their pliglit and t^ furnish Converse kept track with all the solicitude of a mother of the. CHIEF JOHN SANDY One of the Canadian chiefs who welcomeil ^Irs Cimverse to the Six Nations Reservation in Ontario 50 or TOO Indians who lived in New York and those who cametemporarih-, The writer has four or five large scrapbooks full ofclippings telling of the humorous, tragic and pathetic experiencesof Indians in New York citv, most of them from the pen of MrsConverse herself. Her activities, howcAer, were not confined to the Indians whodwelt in the citi,. She constantly Avatchcd bills before legislativebodies and was always on hand witli a good fight Avhen an ach-ersebill came up. The forces which she marshaled were hjrmidableand the framcrs of the bills Avere obliged to capitulate every time. 22 . NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Soon after her naming Mrs Converse was initiated into thePleasant Valley Lodge of the Guards of the Little Waters,popularly known as the Secret Medicine Society. She also becamea member of the Ye-ih-dos, the Society
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