Myths of the Iroquois

the pigmy who appeared to the hunters (Chapter 15)

Family: Pigmies · Role: appears to the hunters and speaks with them · First appears: The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters

Life events

  • The pigmy offered food in exchange for the hunters' collected skins and furs.(The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters)
    • With: Mr. Johnson
    • “The pigmy said that they must either starve or give up all the skins and furs which they had collected and prepared for use.”
  • The pigmy forgave the hunters and promised provisions without requiring their furs.(The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters)
    • With: Mr. Johnson
    • “On the following day the pigmy returned and said they had been forgiven for their wastefulness, and that they would be furnished with provisions without parting with their furs.”
  • The hunters were returned to their first camping-ground by the pigmies.(The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters)
    • With: Mr. Johnson
    • “About midnight they were awakened and found themselves in their first camping-ground. The Senecas were informed that they were brought there by their ever-vigilant pigmy friends.”

The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters

  • friends with Mr. Johnson (Mr. Johnson is identified as one of the Senecas; the account identifies the pigmies as their friends.) “The Senecas were informed that they were brought there by their ever-vigilant pigmy friends.”

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