--- title: XVI. Legend of Niagara Falls — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XVI. Legend of Niagara Falls, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Seneca) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / XVI. Legend of Niagara Falls # XVI. Legend of Niagara Falls XVI. Legend of Niagara Falls of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 49 sentences and 525 words. 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(Seneca)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") An old war chief came to the wigwam of Red Eagle.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The old chief wanted to marry the young daughter of Red Eagle.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He brought many furs and much food to pay for her.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Red Eagle told his daughter that this old chief was to be her husband.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") White Cloud was the name of the girl.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") She shed many tears when the war chief was gone.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") She was afraid to show her dislike before.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Red Eagle said: “He has brought his presents to us.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") We have taken them.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") We cannot give them back.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") He is a great war chief, and we cannot offend him.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") White Cloud knew that no one on earth could help her.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") She could not live.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Her wigwam was near the water.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") She jumped into her canoe, but she did not know what she was doing, for she paddled far out into the river.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The rapids were near, and the dashing water carried her little boat down the rapids to the falls of the great waters.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun, the god of clouds and rain, lived under the great falls.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") His wigwam was behind the falling waters.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") He saw the maiden in her canoe.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") He rushed out from his hiding place and spread his great wings.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") He caught the boat before it was dashed to pieces on the rocks, and carried White Cloud to his cave behind the falling waters.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Here White Cloud lived many weeks.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun taught her many ways of healing.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") He told her why so many of her village had sickened and had gone from earth.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") There was an evil spirit under the ground on which her people lived.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") If she would wait in his wigwam he would kill it.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun came back from watching the harvest of corn, and told her that the old war chief was dead.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") She could go back to her own wigwam, and he carried her back on his wings to the shore.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") She remembered the medicines he had taught her.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Red Eagle was glad to see his daughter again.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Her mother was sick with grief for her.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") White Cloud cured her by standing beside her bed.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") She cured many with the new medicines.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") White Cloud begged of the tribe to move to a better place for their village.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") She told them all that Hinun had said.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") They moved the village to another place, but the evil spirit followed them.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun came and found the evil spirit.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") He struck it with lightning from the clouds.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") The evil spirit was killed.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") It was like a great serpent, as long as twenty arrow flights.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") It floated down the waters of Niagara.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") Its body lodged between the rocks.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") It was so heavy it bent the rocks.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") It bent them like a horseshoe, and they are that shape to this day.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") When the evil spirit was gone from under their village there was no more fever.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun helped White Cloud in many ways, and she told these things to her people.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") Hinun does not live behind the falling waters in these days, for when the Indians left he went away.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Adapted from “Iroquois Myths,” Powell’s Report.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [XV. the Good Bear and the Lost Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/40/) - next →: [XVII. 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