516 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY |eth. ann.o 



of the night. My grandmother and I shall cross the water to- 

 morrow." 



Now at that time it began to grow cold. It continued to increase 

 until near the coming of daylight. Now at that time De'hae"'- 

 hiyawa"kho°' said, "Indeed, I think that perhaps O'hii'a' will have 

 the power to spoil all those things which I have now planted. He it 

 is, verily, who has caused it to be so extremely cold on the earth 

 here present. Verily he augmented his power by means of the 

 darkness, and it shall not become warm during the length of the 

 night. So, perhaps, it is certainly necessary that I should assign 

 to some one the duty that when customarily it becomes dark on the 

 earth present here, one should have the care that it should not be- 

 come excessively cold, nor also excessively dark. So, perhaps, it 

 will be good after the time passes that my dear grandmother is to 

 come to visit, then, and only then, I shall act in the matter of the 

 Night here present." 



When it became day, early in the morning, then he was suddenly 

 surprised that now they two were coming, his dear grandmother and 

 his brother, O'ha'a', as they came crossing the waters. As soon as 

 they arrived at the place where De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' went about 

 he then said, "What thing did you two do to cross the waters?" 



Then at that time his grandmother said, "Verily, it was that 

 thy brother caused a bridge to float and thereon we two crossed the 

 waters." 



So when the Sun arose then at once it caused it to be warm (hot) 

 on the earth present here. At that time O'ha'a' was in a great hurry 

 and said, "It should be very soon that thou and I should recross the 

 waters. If it so be that it will be a long time that thou and I go about 

 here it will not be possible for us two to cross the waters." 



His grandmother replied and said, "Just he himself, whose lodge 

 it is, also shall set aside the time he will dismiss us two. Now verily 

 thou and I are visitors here." Then at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"- 

 kho"" said, "I wUl prepare food fii-st, and now the fruit which I 

 have planted is ripe, so we will first eat together. As soon as we shall 

 be filled then at that time we shall walk about, and we wiU examine 

 severally all those things which the earth here present contains which 

 is new." 



Then at that time he brought corn and he roasted it, and it gave 

 out a pleasant odor when it became hot and when the fatness flowed 

 out of it. Now his grandmother said, " Wouldst thou agree to it that 

 I shoidd pluck off a single grain that I myself at once should eat it? " 

 Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' replied and said, 'That is not the 

 custom that so it should come to pass. Do thou wait until it is 

 cooked, and then when we shall be together we shall eat it. All 

 we together, it is known, have an equal right to it." 



