Hiadeoni

Family: the Seneca · Role: warrior · First appears: Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca

In Myth 90, Hiadeoni the Seneca killed two men in the woods, including a dancer, and took their scalps. Later, he killed a young man and took his scalp; when the young man’s mother mistook Hiadeoni for her son, he answered her and escaped. Pursued at dawn, he hid until night and returned to the Genesee with three Cherokee scalps. Hiadeoni was the father of Young-king, the late chief.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hiadeoni killed two men, including a dancer, and took their scalps.(Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca · 📍 Cherokee country)
  • With: one of the dancers (Myth 90)
  • “He watched his opportunity, and when one of the dancers went out from the ring into the bushes he dispatched him with his hatchet. In this way he killed two men that night in the skirts of the woods without exciting alarm, and took their scalps and retreated.”
• Hiadeoni killed the young man and took his scalp.(Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca)
  • With: the young man (Myth 90)
  • “Watching here, he saw a young man come out, and killed him as he had done the others, and took his scalp.”
• Hiadeoni deceived the mother by pretending to be her son.(Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca)
  • With: the mother (Myth 90) the young man (Myth 90)
  • “She, supposing him to be her son, whom she had a short time before left lying there, said, ‘My son, I am going to such a place, and will not be back till morning.’ He made a suitable response, and the old woman went out.”
• Hiadeoni escaped pursuit and returned to the Genesee with three Cherokee scalps.(Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca · 📍 the Genesee)
  • “He sprang up instantly and fled; but the early dawn had revealed his inroad, and he was hotly pursued. Light of foot, and having the start, he succeeded in reaching and concealing himself in a remote piece of woods, where he laid till night, and then pursued his way toward the Genesee, which, in due time he reached, bringing his three Cherokee scalps as trophies of his victory and prowess.”

Myth 90 · Hiadeoni, the Seneca

• child: Young-king “Hiadeoni was the father of the late chief Young-king.”
• enemies with one of the dancers (Myth 90) “He watched his opportunity, and when one of the dancers went out from the ring into the bushes he dispatched him with his hatchet.”
• enemies with the young man (Myth 90) “Watching here, he saw a young man come out, and killed him as he had done the others, and took his scalp.”

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