Eroneniera

Family: Delawares · Role: Indian · First appears: Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1

In Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1, Eroneniera resolved to journey to Paradise to see the Master of Life. After dreaming that a continued walk would take him there, he set out early the next morning equipped as a hunter. On the evening of the eighth day, he left his camp and followed the widest of three paths, but retreated from a fire that appeared from underground and took another path.

He came to a dazzlingly white mountain, where the woman (Eroneniera legend) instructed him to undress, wash in the river, and climb. With her encouragement, he reached the top, where she had disappeared. As he looked at the village, a handsome man dressed all in white (Eroneniera legend) took him by the hand and said he would lead him to the Master of Life.

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Life events

• Eroneniera resolved to journey to Paradise to see the Master of Life.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “A Delaware Indian, called Eroneniera, anxious to know the Master of Life, resolved, without mentioning his design to any one, to undertake a journey to Paradise, which he knew to be God's residence.”
• Eroneniera dreamed that walking would take him to the celestial abode.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “The Indian, in his dream, imagined that he had only to commence his journey, and that a continued walk would take him to the celestial abode.”
• Eroneniera set out equipped as a hunter on his journey.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “The next morning very early, he equipped himself as a hunter, taking a gun, powder-horn, ammunition, and a boiler to cook his provisions.”
• Eroneniera left his camp and followed the widest of three paths.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “His curiosity, however, scarcely allowed him time to take his meal; he left his encampment and fire, and took the widest of the paths.”
• Eroneniera retreated from a fire appearing from underground and took another path.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “It excited his curiosity; he went towards it to see what it might be; but, as the fire appeared to increase as he drew nearer, he was so overcome with fear, that he turned back and took the widest of the other two paths.”
• Eroneniera found a marvellously white mountain and encountered a woman seated upon it.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “In this conjuncture, he looked on all sides and perceived a female seated upon the mountain; her beauty was dazzling, and the whiteness of her garments surpassed that of snow.”
• The woman instructed Eroneniera to undress, wash in the river, and ascend the mountain.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • With: the woman (Eroneniera legend)
  • “To ascend it, you must undress yourself completely, and leave all your accoutrements and clothing at the foot. No person shall injure them. You will then go and wash yourself in the river which I am now showing you, and afterward ascend the mountain.”
• Eroneniera followed the woman's instructions and climbed the mountain using only his left hand and foot.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • With: the woman (Eroneniera legend)
  • “Encouraged, however, by the female, he commenced ascending, and succeeded after much trouble.”
• Eroneniera reached the mountain's top and found the woman gone.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • “When at the top, he was astonished to see no person, the woman having disappeared.”
• A handsome man dressed all in white took Eroneniera by the hand and promised to lead him to the Master of Life.(Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1)
  • With: a handsome man dressed all in white (Eroneniera legend)
  • “While he was considering the exterior of the village, the gate opened, and the Indian saw coming towards him a handsome man dressed all in white, who took him by the hand, and said he was going to satisfy his wishes by leading him to the presence of the Master of Life.”

Eroneniera; or, an Indian Visit to the Great Spirit · Part 1

• benefactor: the woman (Eroneniera legend) “The way which leads to his abode is upon this mountain. To ascend it, you must undress yourself completely, and leave all your accoutrements and clothing at the foot. No person shall injure them. You will then go and wash yourself in the river which I am now showing you, and afterward ascend the mountain.”
• benefactor: a handsome man dressed all in white (Eroneniera legend) “the Indian saw coming towards him a handsome man dressed all in white, who took him by the hand, and said he was going to satisfy his wishes by leading him to the presence of the Master of Life.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.