Note 255 — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)
Reading edition
Degatengowa for Degatĕⁿʹʻgōwa is the name of the large dust-colored grasshopper, about 2 inches long. Its habit of leaping up in the air 3 or 4 feet and remaining almost stationary by a fluttering of the wings is referred to in the next line in the story.