«06 Cosmogony of the Iroquois, 



suddenly through the womb, and, pissing throngh llie belly 

 obliqtielv upwards, forced hiniselt' out at the armpil. 



" The mother immediatelv expired under this ct)mpli- 

 cated injury; but both the children survived, and were 

 brought up by their grandmother. The old dame was at 

 the same time £o enraged at the conduct of her grandson 

 the evil spirit, as respected his mother, that she determined 

 to make all the amends in her power for the outrage done 

 her sex. She accordingly divided the dead body of her 

 daughter into two parts at the waist. With a strong whirl, 

 she threw the lower limbs, together with the insulted or- 

 gans, into the sun, where, hid in intolerable brightness, 

 no person, however curious or audacious, can bear to look 

 at them. The head, trunk, and upper limbs, sihe slung to 

 the other hmiinarv, where they are still visible in the form 

 of the ivoiTian in the moon. 



" The boys manifested, as they grew, very different 

 dispositions. As they progressed in age and increased in 

 stature, the vonnger was no less remarkahble for his ma- 

 lienitv and dcp-ravity, than tlie other for his virtue and ex- 

 cellence. But he was under some control from !iis grand- 

 mother, aud was withheld from the commission of the worst 

 kind of crimes durin^i her life. 



*' After her death, being left to themselves, the brothers 

 agreed to possess the earth tooeihcr in an amicable manner, 

 as their joint inheritance. Yet, even after this agreement, 

 the propensity of the younger to mischief and vice was so 

 irresistible that nothing could withhold him. Though se- 

 veral wrangles and scufTles had taken place between them, 

 the crood spirit became convinced that nothing but force 

 could reduce his depraved brother to a sense of decency and 

 order. Foreseeing that a necessity for another contest be- 

 tween them would shortly arrive, he resolved to exert all 

 his courage and strength, and give his brother a sound aud 

 sufficient beating, once for all. 



" An opportunity, as he had predicted, soon presented 

 itself. Owine; to some nnsunderslanding, a battle happened 

 between them near the falls of Chamblce, not vcrv far from 

 the junction of the Sorell with the St. Laurence. The evil 

 spirit WHS WO! sted in the combat; h\.\\, at length escaping 

 from his brother's hands, sought safety in flight. To elude 

 his antagonist's blows, he directed his course across the 

 country towards the south, and, stepping with wide and 

 hasty strides from mountain to mountain, reached the lower 

 falls of Delaware before he was overtaken. Here his ex- 

 asperated brother, who had all the while pursued close at 



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