A Few More Stories
Contemporary Seneca Indian Tales of the Supernatural
by:� DuWayne Leslie Bowen
In the late 1980's I wrote 'One More Story.'� It was published by Greenfield Review Press.� The book is a brief collection of contemporary stories told by Senecas about Senecas.
When I wrote 'One More Story,' I did so with no particular purpose in mind.� I simply wanted to share these scary stories I heard during my younger days. These stories made lasting impressions.� I still remember them.� Forty years later I remember those summer nights fondly.� This fondness is comprised of certain factors.� These factors being time spent with our grandparents, a time at home before forced removal from our homeland, the river, and a life that was ours.
I wish with all my heart that I was home.�� I wish with all my heart to be with our parents and with grandma and granddad.� I think continually of our life past.� You had to have been there to fully understand.
The first book was written in a local language, so, likewise is this book.� This is how the stories were told to me.� I hope the reader will appreciate this collection.
So.....once again I wish for the reader to imagine this Seneca storyteller.� He is a tall slender man, white shocks of hair mix in with his black hair.� He is about sixty years old.� His shirt is red flannel plaid tucked into his Wrangler jeans.� His shoes are brown high-top work shoes.� The store-bought shine is long gone.� He sits on a straight-back chair.� The listeners sit on chairs around him or they sit on a faded couch.� It is evening, he takes a sip of green tea and he begins.....'This happened one time.....'
~Duce Bowen~
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