480 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann « 



his mind. So, at that time the Fire Dragon (Meteor), whose body 

 was white, arrived there and said, "Let me in my turn make the 

 attempt to find thy word. That then verily is not a certain matter 

 that thy Hfe may have seen us (the need) that we should uproot thy 

 standing tree, Tooth (Tiger Lily)?" Then at that time he who was 

 giving the feast said, "I am thankful. Now has been fulfilled the 

 suggestions of my dream. Now then I will tell you (pL). Verily I 

 thought that I saw it come to pass that they did uproot my standing 

 tree; that there then it came to pass that there was made an opening 

 through the ground. Verily I thought that I saw that I and my 

 wife there at the edge of the chasm (broken ground) sat down 

 together, her feet verily hanging down into the chasm. At that 

 time then we two ate food at the edge of the chasm of the broken 

 earth. This is the character of my dream. I saw all the things that 

 shall come to pass." 



Then at that time a large body of men were assembled there, and 

 said, "Come, imder the circumstances, then let the suggestions of 

 the dream of our chief be undertaken." 



Then at that time the men severally grasped it and then uprooted 

 the standing tree of Hoda"he' (the tree that stood for Hoda"he'), 

 and that came to pass, it left an opening through the ground, there 

 was made a chasm through the earth. At that time then the men 

 said, "Now verily we have fulfilled the requirements of what 

 caused our chief to dream." Then this owner of the lodge said, 

 "Now verily all that which is of Fate has come to pass. Now 

 verily the flowers of the tree that stood for me have withered. 

 Now then all that the earth at present here contains shall change, 

 all verily shall become new. All things shall be metamorphosed." 

 Then he said, "Now then verily we two, my wife, will eat together 

 at the edge of the chasm." 



Then at that time she herself, Awe^'hai', verily brought and set in 

 order the food beside the place of the broken earth. Now then she 

 seated herself there and she said, "Now all that thy dream suggests 

 has been fulfilled." 



Then that one seated himself there and he said, "Now all kinds of 

 things that are ordered are fulfilled. Now then thou and I shall 

 eat together, and this too is ordained. That then when it wUl come 

 to;pass thus that those things which will have become low they will 

 think of this place." 



Then at that time he stood up and said, "Now then thou dost 

 depart from the earth present here." And then at that time he 

 thrust her and then her body fell there into the place where the earth 

 was broken. And there verily in the chasm she disappeared (was 

 drowned). Then the men set up the tree of light again. 



