Mr. Johnson

Family: Seneca Reservation · Role: hunter · First appears: The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters

Life events

The hunters ran out of game and were pushed to the verge of starvation.(The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters)
- “As a consequence of their prodigality they were soon in want of that very meat which they had so wantonly thrown away, and were finally pushed to the verge of starvation.”
The pigmy offered food in exchange for the hunters' collected skins and furs.(The Pigmies And The Greedy Hunters)
- With: the pigmy who appeared to the hunters (Chapter 15)
- “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: the pigmy who appeared to the hunters (Chapter 15)
- “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: the pigmy who appeared to the hunters (Chapter 15)
- “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.”

friends with the pigmy who appeared to the hunters (Chapter 15) (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.”

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