the Indian maiden (Chapter 003)

Family: Seneca · Role: maiden · First appears: A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara

At Niagara, the Seneca maiden fled in her canoe rather than marry the hideous old Indian, pushing out onto the roaring waters. As her canoe dashed toward the rocks below a cave behind the falls, Hi-nuⁿ spread his wings and rescued her.

She stayed for many weeks in Hi-nuⁿ’s cave, where he taught her why sickness afflicted her people. She then taught her tribe what she had learned and persuaded them to leave their settlement and move nearer the lake.

Relationship record

Life events

• The maiden fled in her canoe rather than marry the hideous old Indian.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 Niagara)
  • “in desperation she leaped into her canoe and pushed it from shore on the roaring waters of Niagara.”
• Hi-nuⁿ rescued the maiden from her canoe as it dashed toward the rocks.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 a cave behind the rushing waters)
  • With: Hi-nuⁿ
  • “He spread out his wings and flew to her rescue, and caught her just as her frail bark was dashing on the rocks below.”
• The maiden stayed with Hi-nuⁿ and learned why sickness afflicted her people.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 Hi-nuⁿ's cave)
  • With: Hi-nuⁿ
  • “The grateful Indian girl lived for many weeks in Hi-nuⁿ's cave. He taught her many new things. She learned from him why her people died so often--why sickness was always busy among them.”
• The maiden persuaded her tribe to break up their settlement and move nearer the lake.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 their settlement)
  • “She taught them all he had told her and begged them to break up their settlement and travel nearer to the lake; and her words prevailed.”

A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara

• admirer: the hideous old Indian (Chapter 003) “She heeded not that she was going to her death, preferring the angry waters to the arms of her detested lover.”
• mentor: Hi-nuⁿ “He taught her many new things. She learned from him why her people died so often--why sickness was always busy among them.”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Iroquois. Made with Rho MD.