512 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY |eth. ann. 43 



the lodge of De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'",'' and when he arrived there he 

 said, "Thou in thy turn will go back there again. For now it is time 

 because, it seems, now a most astonishmg thing has taken place. 

 We have seen anew-fashioned thing. My brother is surely (doing 

 something). So now I myself go to see it." Then he started. 



So then when he arrived there at the shore of the lake and he saw 

 that the other island floated so far away that it was then only slightly 

 visible, so now at that time O'ha'a' said, "I will make myself a canoe, 

 verily, of course. Then and not before it will be possible that I 

 cross the water." Now he carefully looked about. Nearby there 

 grew a birch tree. Now at that time he stripped off the bark and he 

 made himself a canoe. As soon as he completed it then vei'ily he 

 went aboard and he crossed the water. 



When his canoe came to a stop then verily he disembarked. Now 

 at that time verily he saw a human being whom he did not know. 

 Then O'ha'a' said, "What place dost thou come from, thee whom I 

 have never at any time seen?" 



At that time the human being said, "I came to life in this place." 

 O'ha'ii' answered and said, "Who then completed thy body?" 

 Then the human being replied and said, "Here near by verily he 

 abides. So let us two go back there. Thou wilt verily see him who 

 finished my body." Now O'ha'a' agreed to it and they two went 

 there to the place where stood the lodge of De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°'. 



When they again arrived there O'ha'a' said, "Is it thou who finished 

 the body of this human being whom I newly saw?" De'hae"'- 

 hiyawa"kho°' replied and said, "I myself, verUy, completed his 

 life." 



Now again O'ha'a' answered and said, "So then who is it that 

 caused it to be that at this time there is so much daylight?" De'- 

 hae'"hiyawa"kho°' replied and said, "It is, verily, he who is Elder 

 Brother to us has caused it thus to be." Then O'ha'a' was greatly 

 astonished at the kind of thmgs that he saw. 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" spoke and said, "So now verily let 

 us go to walk about. Thou wilt see the condition of the things now 

 growing which I have planted here on this earth." Now verily they 

 two started to walk about where all the various kinds of fruit were 

 growmg. Just as soon as they looked at all these then verily cus- 

 tomarily they passed on. Now then, in turn, they two went to 

 examine the game animals. All the various kmds of game animals, 

 and they were many, went about from place to place. Now at that 

 time O'ha'a' was astonished at the condition of the things which he 

 had seen. So now he said, "Extremely rapidly have all those things 

 which thou hast planted become abundant and the game animals 

 have now become numerous. How didst thou accomplish this?" 

 Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho'" spoke and said, "This earth here 



