518 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



then she said, "Thou art very strong. Is it only that those peoples 

 who shall dwell here on this earth shall be pleased? Verily it is im- 

 possible that it please my mind. So the human beings who shall dwell 

 here shall continue to say when they speak of it, 'It is the Sour Fruit.' 

 So not any one among the human beings shall again make use of it, 

 also the game animals." 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' replied and said, "I think perhaps 

 thou hast put forth too much power in doing injury to thy grand- 

 children. So now, perhaps, that is all; now perhaps it would not 

 be good that thou shouldst see all the things which I have planted 

 and the game animals." She replied and said, "Now then one 

 and I will recross the water, so thus it shall come to pass that in ten 

 days I shall return again. So thus it shall come to pass that at that 

 time then all things shall be settled. And that shall be that thou 

 and I shall bet;^- so that it shall be that thou and I shall bet for all 

 the things which are here on the earth. If so it be that I overcome 

 thee, then I myself will control all those things which thou hast 

 completed. If it so be, verily, that thou wilt overcome me, then 

 verily I will not distress you in anything in the days that are commg 

 ahead, in all things at which thou art at work." 



At that time De'hae"'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Thus too shall it come 

 to pass just as you desire it." 



During the time that they two were there O'ha'a' for his part 

 studied the human being who newly had come to life. Now at that 

 time he said, "Just what kind of thing didst thou do in making this 

 man who one would think has a life so exceedingly fine, and one would 

 think he is verily strong physically?" 



Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' spoke and said, "The earth present 

 here is infantile, young in life, '^ and it continues to grow and it has the 

 power by which it puts forth its orenda. So it is thus with all those 

 things which are growing. They are young in life (infantile) and 

 they are continuing to grow and they have the power by which 

 they also put forth orenda. Thus too is it with regard to the game 

 animals. They are infantile (young in life) and they continue to 

 grow and they have the power to put forth orenda. 



"So it is with regard to the life of the human being who first 

 stopped on the earth here present. Thus it is that one is infantile 

 and that one continues to grow and that one has the power to put 

 forth orenda thereby." 



At that time O'ha'a' said, "Now too I have come to understand 

 the whole matter." Now at that time then agam he spoke and said, 

 "So now verily, perhaps, my grandmother and I will depart home- 

 ward." Now at that time verily they two departed. 



See note ou p. 6U1. 



