Iroquois Legend:
“About this time the northern nations formed a confederacy
[centuries before the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy]
and seated a great council fire on the river St. Lawrence;
the northern nations possessed the bank of the great lakes;
the countries of the north were plenty of beavers,
but the hunters were often opposed by big snakes.
The people live on the south side of the Big Lakes make
bread of roots and obtain a kind of potatoes and beans found on the rich soil.
...A BLAZING STAR [my caps] fell into a fort situated on the St. Lawrence and destroyed the people;
this event was considered as a warning of their destruction. After a time a war broke out among the northern nations which continued
until they had utterly destroyed each other, the island again became in possession of fierce animals.”
-Bonaparte, Darren, “Creation and Confederation”
Amazing! What is this? Where did you find it?
Thanks for the legend. As I was putting the post together, I thought 12,900 years ago isn’t a long time; there ought to be myths or legends that describe this impact, if it happened.
But the description in this legend doesn’t seem specific enough to identify it with a massive impact near Quebec that splashed debris as far as Jersey. It could have been any impact or Chelyabinsk-type event 10000-1 BC big enough to destroy a fort.
Do you know of legends from other tribes that could refer to a massive impact?
Very interesting....
Interesting the legend refers to the St Lawrence river by the name given to it by the Europeans.