Sacred Texts: Native American

Seneca Indian Myths: The Great Snake Battle

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IN olden times the Indians had a great battle with snakes, and this is how it happened: One day when a man was hunting he saw a rattlesnake and tormented it. He caught the snake, made a hole through its body and putting a bark string through the hole fastened the snake to the ground. Then he built a fire and saying, "Now fight me," he burned the snake alive.

Seneca Indian Myths: The Great Snake Battle

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