474 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



Then when she returned to the place where stood then- lodge, then 

 verily she heard these two down-fended ones talking together. The 

 male person was saying, "Now our uncle needs thee up there. Now 

 then go thither." Then his sister said, "Knowest thou then what 

 our uncle desires?" At that time this male person spoke, saying, 

 "I do know. It is good, too, that thou thyself should hear when 

 he utters his word. Now then, go thou thither at once.". 



Then verily she went out of the lodge and she went thither to the 

 place where stood the tree at the top of which he lay. And when she 

 arrived at the top of the tree, at the place where lay the bark coffin, 

 then she said, "Is it true that thou hast need of me?" Then he 

 replied, saying, "It is true. I need thee. And the reason is that the 

 time has now arrived for the unfulfilled matter concerning thy person. 

 Now then I will tell thee what will come to pass. Now then thou 

 shalt depart from here. Thither verily then thou shalt go to the 

 place where stands the lodge of him who is giving the feast, whose 

 name is IIoda"he'. As is known, the flowers of his standing tree 

 give the light of day to the people who dwell in that place. Then 

 when thou hast arrived there thou shalt say, 'Now then I have 

 arrived.' 



"Then the man will say, 'From what place hast thou come?' 

 Thou wUt reply, 'I verily started from the place where my uncle has 

 a standing tree.' Then he will say, 'What kind of thing then brings 

 thy body?' Thou wilt say, 'Only that brings my body which is the 

 cause that thou art giving a feast.' Then he will ask thee, he will 

 say indeed, 'What kind of thing then art thou named?' Thou wilt 

 say, ' I verily am the one whom they call Awe"'ha'i' (Mature Flowers)'. 

 Then he will say, 'I am thankful. Now verily has been fulfilled the 

 thing for which I am giving the feast. Now then thou shalt bear 

 away with thee all those things which I shall cause to pass through the 

 ground (out of the world).' I will then tell thee one other thing, 

 and that is that you must give particular attention when he will 

 say, 'Here verily is thy mat (couch).' At that time he will s&y, as 

 is well known, 'That then will be the first thing, that thou shalt 

 prepare food for me, thou wilt make mush; chestnuts will be its 

 material.' That then when thou shalt make mush for him it will 

 sputter and it will stick to your body. Do not then give utterance 

 to words should it by any means be too hot. And when the mush 

 will be cooked he will call to him his two dogs, his servants, and they 

 two will lick over thy body repeatedly and they will wipe away the 

 mush. Do thou have the uttermost courage. Do not give utterance 

 to a word. If it so be that thou wilt be able not to cry out, then 

 thou wilt have passed through that ordeal. 



"The second thing that is a serious matter is when he will say 

 that, 'I have dreamed. Verily, indeed, I was aware that they 



