526 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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ThenO'ha'a' spoke and said, "If it be so that that will certainly 

 come to pass there are still other beings which thou hast not yet 

 seen which are extremely large. And verily they are still, perhaps, 

 therein; at all events there are yet nowhere truly large beings. So 

 now verily, perhaps, it shall thus come to pass that they will continue 

 to abide only therein." 



Then at that time O'ha'a' again took the rock and placed it over 

 the opening of the cavern. And then he said, "Now verily, I sup- 

 pose, they themselves shall help themselves if it so be that it will 

 become necessary for them to come forth again." Now at that time 

 O'ha'a' said, "Now verily thou and I have completed this, so now 

 let us go together to my grandmother's place." At that time they 

 two started. 



As soon as they two arrived there again then O'ha'a' said, "Oh, 

 my dear grandmother, now one and I have completed it. All that 

 has been fulfilled which thou hast said. So now, at this time, the 

 matter rests with thee as to what thou desirest shall come to pass." 



At the time the old woman spoke and said, "That which is giving 

 me distress is the head of my daughter. Now verily it is a long time 

 that it has remained so, the head hanging to the wall of the lodge." 

 Now O'ha'a' said, "I think that her head should be fastened up 

 very high, so that human beings who soon will travel about here 

 upon the earth will look at it as a memorial that will continually 

 remind them of what has come to pass." 



Then his grandmother said, "That also will please my mind that 

 thus it shall be clone." 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "This is the way in which I 

 consider it, that, perhaps, it will result in good that we should cause 

 her to come to life again and also that we should remove her body 

 above, and that we should assign her the duty to give light to it and 

 that she should cause it to be hot here on the earth. She should 

 have her duty restricted to a certain place, and that is that when it 

 becomes dark then customarily she shall cause it to be .light again 

 and also she shall cause it to be hot again during the night, and 

 that that will cause beings to be here on the earth and among all the 

 things that grow, and also among all the game animals and the 

 human beings, all shall be at peace during the nights to come. So 

 that will be an object of respect and it will continue to end, and 

 usually after three days then it shall agaiii re-create itself. So that 

 shall guide all things that are going on here on the earth, and all 

 the human beings who newly come to stop here on the earth shall 

 govern themselves thereby." 



Now at that time O'ha'a' said, "I myself will not consent to that. 

 I myself am agreeing that it shall be fastened up high, and it would 

 be sufficient that human beings should look at it at times. So my 



