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'''Handsome Lake''' (born 1735-1815) in the Seneca village of Conawaga, was a Seneca who, after a series of visions, provided the "Gai'wiio" (guy we you) or "Good Message" to a Seneca nation, devasted by centuries of contact with white European colonizers. The Gai'wiio is (or was) the foundation of the Seneca Six Nations "new religion." <ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.</ref> | |||
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Handsome Lake had an unknown "wasting disease" and was a "miserable victim of the drink habit"<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.</ref> who had a vision of "four beings," after which he recovered.<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.</ref> | |||
His [[Great Message]], the result of his vision, "created a revolution in Iroquois religious life." He created a new "religious stem" <ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 19:00, 9 March 2019
Handsome Lake (born 1735-1815) in the Seneca village of Conawaga, was a Seneca who, after a series of visions, provided the "Gai'wiio" (guy we you) or "Good Message" to a Seneca nation, devasted by centuries of contact with white European colonizers. The Gai'wiio is (or was) the foundation of the Seneca Six Nations "new religion." [1]
Notes
Handsome Lake had an unknown "wasting disease" and was a "miserable victim of the drink habit"[2] who had a vision of "four beings," after which he recovered.[3]
His Great Message, the result of his vision, "created a revolution in Iroquois religious life." He created a new "religious stem" [4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.
- ↑ Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.
- ↑ Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.
- ↑ Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. Kindle. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. https://amzn.to/2H4fr8a.
